PLEASE FOLLOW OUR E BAY STORE. SALE SEE OUR STORE. PLEASE READ WHOLE ADD. This a United States Navy Good Conduct medal group. The Good Conduct medal has the original WW2 slot type brooch. The ribbon has been replaced and is in excellent condition. The ribbon support the SECOND AWARD and THIRD AWARD reenlistment bars. The planchet is in near perfect condition with no edge knocks. The reverese is officially impressed “LAWRENCE/CONLEY/POTTER/1942″. The group includes a American Defense Service medal, that has the original WW2 slot type brooch, and original ribbon. The ribbon is in excellent condition and supports the FLEET bar. The planchet is in near perfect condition. The group includes the WW2 Victory medal, that has the original WW2 type crimped brooch and original ribbon. The ribbon is in near perfect condition. The planchet is also in excellent condition with no edge knocks. The group includes Thumbprint dog-tag on one side and his name and service number (279 63 16) on the other side. The group includes a sterling silver chain bracelet, that has US NAVY and his name L. Potter” engraved on the front and “sterling silver/Pat 134714/your wife/”ELSIE”. The group also has a red/white/blue 9″by2″, that has four individual pin-back ribbon bars (American Defense Service medal with one bronze star, American Campaign medal, Navy Expeditionary medal, and the EAME Campaign medal). This group of medals, dog-tag, bracelet and individual ribbon bars, were awarded and/or issued to Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd class (AMM2c). Potter was born in Tennessee, on September 16, 1922. He first joined the Navy on October 3, 1939 at Cincinnati, Ohio. He was first assigned to the USS Yukon AF-9, as a plank owner, when it was first commissioned. He went on to served two more enlistments, and was honorably discharged on October 21, 1947 at Norfolk, VA. He died on October 25, 2009, at Cincinnati, OH, and is buried at the Spring Grove Cemetery, in Cincinnati, OH. I will provide a 2 page copy of his FOIA military records from the St. Louis archives, a one page copy of his Navy muster roll, in March, 1943, and a copy of his marriage license to an. I should note that his records confirm the WW2 Victory, the American Defense Service medal and the Good Conduct medal, but does not mention any Campaign or Expedionary medals awarded.
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