World War Medals

Original WW2-Korean War era Khaki US Navy Grouping to a Pearl Harbor survivor and WW2 and Korean War Veteran Virgil M Welch. The grouping came from a the son of Virgil M Welch, and was part of a larger grouping of military and civilian items that were in his garage for over 40 years or more. The grouping of items consist of the following. WW2 & Korean Service medal bar 1950s era with the following medals: Good Conduct Medal, Pacific Theater Medal, WW2 Victory Medal, China Service Medal, Korea War United Nations medal. American Defense Medal, skit brooch. SP(Shore Patrol) Armband. Khaki Bullion torpedoman Chief Rate patch. Black with Gold chevron Torpedoman Chief rate patch. WW2 era White right face Torpedoman Chief rate patch. WW2 era Black with Red Chevron Torpedoman Chief rate patch. Two custom made ribbon rack Includes the following ribbons. US Navy Good Conduct Ribbon with 3 stars. WW2 American Theater Ribbon. Pacific Theater 2 silver Battle Stars and 3 bronze battle stars. Korean War Service Ribbon with 2 campaign stars. Korean War United Nations Medal. Philippines Liberation Medal with campaign Star. 1 3/8 Korean War era Gemsco Ribbon bar set with the same ribbons as the custom Japanese ribbon rack. 1/2 US Navy Ribbon Set with Good Conduct ribbon, American Defense ribbon, pacific Theater ribbon, and American Theater Ribbon. WW2 white Dress Jacket with right face Chief rate. 1950s era Khaki Dress Jacket, Hong Kong Made with Japanese made ribbon rack and Chief Torpedoman rate patch. 1950s era Black Dress Jacket, Hong Kong Made with Japanese made ribbon rack and Chief Torpedoman rate patch, and name Virgil M Welch stitched into uniforms. 4 WW2/1950s era chief pins, 1 large screw back, 1 large pin back, 2 Garrison Cap size. All show wear and have flaws. You will receive everything shown. Nothing is perfect, everything shows some kind of wear and age. Overall this is a great grouping of a sailor who saw a lot of action during WW2 and who served in Korea and beyond. The patch and rate are not named, but came from a larger collection of uniforms, and other gear belonging to Virgil M. Welch who served in the US Navy from just before WW2 up until the early Vietnam era. Virgil M Welch served on the USS Farragut (DD-348) for the duration of the war and was at the Attack of Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th, 1941. I was not able to get most things that had his name on it, but did manage to acquire to dress uniforms with his full name stenciled on the inside. These will be up for sale at a later date. The item “WW2 1950s US Navy Pearl Harbor Survivor Grouping, V M Welch, Medals, Uniforms” is in sale since Tuesday, November 12, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Medals & Ribbons”. The seller is “bb5kearsarge” and is located in El Cajon, California. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Iceland, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Macao, Paraguay, Uruguay.