stating "Deeply regret to inform you that your son Private John J Creech Jr USMC was Killed in Action at Tarawa instead of Missing in Action as previously reported
Return of the U-53 Crew (printed in black ink on a thin white card stock
loss of enamel to center medallion
it is unknown to the collector community and may likely be a one-of-a-kind prototype
Brazil, Kingdom. An Order of the Rose, Commander Breast Star, in Gold, c.1870 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac stating "Deeply regret to inform(Imperial Ordem da Rosa). Instituted October 17, 1829 by Dom Pedro I. A beautiful star, in silver gilt, a six armed white enamelled cross with ball finials, affixed to a solid multi rayed gilded plate with three pink enamelled roses on green enamelled laurels in each quadrant creating a wreath, the obverse medallion in Gold presents the hand chiselled medallion of Pedro I, surrounded by a blue enamelled ring with the inscription AMOR E FIDELIDADE
