Complete Certificate of Merit Medal DSM CRE Group CPT Henry W Sacknus For Sale

Complete Certificate of Merit Medal DSM CRE Group CPT Henry W Sacknus
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Complete Certificate of Merit Medal DSM CRE Group CPT Henry W Sacknus:
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Army Certificate of Merit Medalnumbered No. 163 mounted on its original ribbon and brooch!!!

Issued toPrivate Henry W. Sacknusfor Distinguished Gallantry in 1901 in thePhilippines against hostile insurgents. This is an ex-Gleim collectionmedal/group. Gleim has about a page worth of research on Sacknus in his work onthe Certificate of Merit.

ArmyDistinguished Service Medal numbered 1851 issued to Sacknus in lieu of theCertificate of Merit, this medal has been reribboned, on New Old Stock Ribbon

SpanishWar Service Medal numbered 2433 issued toSacknus for his service in the2nd US Volunteer Cavalry \"Torrey\'s Rough No. 14955 as issued to Sacknus for his service in the 6thUS Cavalry

ChinaCampaign Medal numbered No. 787 as issued to Sacknus for his service in the 6thUS Cavalry during the Boxer Rebellion. This medal has been reribboned

WorldWar I Victory Medal as issued to Sacknus for his commissioned service in theQuartermaster Corps during WWI. This medal had also been reribboned.

OriginalCertificate of Merit Documents, signed by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1905,the ink is faded, but still readable under the right conditions.

Belowis my research on Sacknus, after that I\'ll transcribe what Al Gleim statedabout Sacknus in his work on the Certificate of Merit.

CaptainHenry William Sacknus was born on February 23, 1875 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Enlistedin Troop H, 2nd USVolunteer Cavalry during the Spanish American War and was a Private when hemustered out of federal service in October 1898. Sacknus applied for a federalinvalid pension on November 21, 1898 while living in Ohio which was neverapproved.

Sacknusenlisted in the Regular Army on December 14, 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio. Sacknuswas assigned Troop C, 6th USCavalry. He served with his troop in the China Relief Expedition during theBoxer Rebellion and in the later phase of the Philippine Insurrection. Sacknuswas discharged on December 13, 1901 in Binon, Philippines as a Private. He wasrecommended for the Medal of Honor for his part during the engagement atTalisay, Philippines on March 29, 1901. He was later awarded the Certificate ofMerit which was approved but not issued to Sacknus as he had left the service.The citation reads “for distinguished gallantry in action at Talisay, P.I.,March 29, 1901, in charging with others through the enemy’s lines under heavyfire and bringing assistance to besieged comrades, when private, troop C, 6thcavalry.”

Sacknusmust have remained in the Philippine between his enlistments. Sacknus wasappointed as a Clerk in the Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant inthe Philippines on August 4, 1902.

Sacknusreenlisted in the Regular Army on June 1, 1905 in Albay, Philippines. He statedthat he was a clerk prior to reenlisting. Sacknus was assigned to Company E, 4thUS Infantry. Sacknus was later transferred to Company E, 2ndUS Infantry on January 22, 1908 while stationed at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.Sacknus was discharged on May 30, 1908 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky as a Private.

Sacknusreenlisted on June 1, 1908 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Sacknus remained inCompany E, 2nd USInfantry. Sacknus was discharged on May 31, 1911 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaiias a Quartermaster Sergeant.

Sacknusreenlisted on June 1, 1911 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Sacknus was stationedat Ludlow Barracks, Parang, Mindanao in November 1913. Sacknus was dischargedon May 31, 1914 in Manila, Philippines.

Sacknusreenlisted in Manila, Philippines on June 1, 1914. He was assigned to theQuartermaster Corps. Sacknus returned to Fort McDowell, California in route toFort H. G. Wright in 1915. He was discharged on September 24, 1917 as aSergeant to accept a commission. Sacknus was commission as a Captain in theQuartermaster Corps on September 24, 1917. He served at Camp Merritt, NewJersey until June 18, 1918. Sacknus then served in the Army TransportationService in New York, New York from June 19, 1918 until March 1, 1920. Sacknusthen served as the as the Port Utilities Office Hoboken, New Jersey Pier No. 4from March 2, 1920 until his discharged on April 26, 1920. Sacknus was awardedthe Army Distinguished Service Medal in lieu of his Certificate of Merit duringWorld War I.

Sacknusserved as a Warrant Officer after World War I. His service number was W900360.

Sacknusmarried Josephine May Kingsbury ca. 1918.

Sacknuswas retired and living in New London, Connecticut with his wife according to thatcity’s city directory in 1932.

Sacknusdied on June 23, 1955 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in New London, Connecticut.

Thefollowing is from Al Gleim\'s monograph on the Certificate of Merit. You willnote that this medal group was part of COL Gleim\'s personal collection and wassold off to another well known medal collector upon COL Gleim\'s death. TheCertificate of Merit document will be shipped in the same mailing tube that theexecutor of COL Gleim\'s estate mailed it to the next person in the chain ofcustody of this group.

HenryW. Sacknus

Private,Company C, 6th Cavalry

Citation:For distinguished gallantry in action in charging, with others, through theenemy\'s lines under heavy fire and bringing assistance to besieged comrades,Talisay, Philippine Islands, 29 March 1901.

Onthe morning of 28 March 1901 Second Lieutenant Warren Dean with a detachment of40 men from Troop C, 6th Cavalry left the town on Binan, Laguna Province,Southern Luzon. The primary mission of the detachment was to escort Dr. F. N.Wall to his new post at Das Marinas. Along the rout of march the troopsencountered five Filipinos who told dean through an interpreter that threecompanies of insurgents were located in cuartels near the village of Talisay.Dean took the Filipinos with him to Das Marinos and telegraphed theirinformation to District Headquarters at Santa Ana. He received permission tofollow up on the report and left Das Marinas at 7 p.m. with two of the capturedFilipinos as guides. At 3 a.m. on the 29th the US troops reached a ridge threemiles from Talisay. Dean had intended to move directly to a night attack on oneof the cuartels, but because of the suspicious actions of his guides he madecamp to await daylight.

Atfirst light the troops started down a steep trail toward Talisay. During thedescent the two guides escaped. Plans were adjusted and when the troops reachedthe village they started a roundup of the inhabitants to gain intelligenceabout the insurgents. While this was in progress. Dean, his first sergeant andtrumpeter rode east of the village to attempt to cut off fleeing natives. Hewas fire upon from an outpost which he suspected protected one of the insurgentcuartels. Returning to Talisay, Dean established camp near an old stone fort andquestioned the villagers. based on fresh but conflicting information, hedismounted his force, left eight men in the village, and with the balance of 32men started for the cuartel to the east at about 2 p.m.

Thedetachment moved past the outpost dean had located in the morning and whenabout 2 and 1/2 miles from Talisay received a volley from a hillside. The USTroops Fell back, deployed, located the insurgents in three lines of trenches,and started a disciplined fire on them. The insurgent fire was wild andineffective, but the US fire achieved at least 22 causalities.

About4 p.m., after an hour of firing, large numbers of insurgents were detectedtrying to flank the US troops and cut them off from Talisay. Dean withdrew hisdetachment, fighting all the way, and finally reached the relative safety ofthe old fort. A charge from all sides was halted by the US fire. Nipa shackswere burned to clear a hundred yard field of fire around the fort. Then thetroops settles down to endure a siege, conserving their ammunition as best aspossible.

Atthis point Lieutenant Dean considered his options. His force was still intact,but considerably outnumbered. They could fight their way out of the town bytaking casualties and abandoning their pack train. they could effectivelydefend their position, but only as long as their limited ammunition lasted.Dean finally decided the only way out of the predicament was to summon relief.He called for volunteers. Sergeant Thomas J. Gorman and Privates Ewing Wrightand Henry W. Sacknus agreed to make an attempt to summon help. These three,along with the detachment\'s scout, a former insurgent captain named Jose Fenoy,were mounted on the best horses and quietly left the fort at 8:50 p.m. They gotas close to the insurgents as possible without detection, then spurring theirmounts, shouting and firing, they dashed through the lines in the ensuingconfusion.

Theyproceeded 15 miles through insurgent infested countryside without difficultyand returned at 7 a.m. the next morning with a relief column consisting of acompany of the 8th Infantry and two troops of the 1st Cavalry. Later reportsindicated several insurgents had been killed by the curriers who fired intotheir midst at point blank range as they made their break. The total insurgentforce was estimated at 500 men, half armed with rifles. Dean and his detachmentcompleted their return to Binan on 2 April. Total casualties were only two menand three horses slightly wounded.

LieutenantDean\'s report of the action recommended Gorman, Wright, and Sacknus for Medalsof Honor for their desperate dash through the insurgent lines. No action wastaken on this original recommendation and Dean renewed it in July 1901. Thesecond recommendation was supported by affidavits from witnesses and approvedby troop, regimental, and district commanders. A board of officers at Manilarecommended Certificates of Merit rather than Medals of Honor. The papersslowly made their way through Army channels, first to another board inWashington where Certificates were also recommended, then back to the formerregimental commanded to secure his formal approval for the Certificates ofMerit. It was by then October 1903 and only Private Wright was still eligiblefor the award, Gorman having deserted and Sacknus having been discharged.

Wrightreceived his Certificate in the summer of 1904. In June of the following yearHenry Sacknus reenlisted, his case was reopened, and the former regimentalcommander, Brigadier General Theodore J. Wint, again approved a Certificate.Finally in December 1905 Henry Sacknus received his Certificate of Merit whileserving in Company E, 4th Infantry at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

HenrySacknus was born in 1875. During the Spanish American War he enlisted in the2nd US Volunteer Cavalry, Torres Rough Riders. This regiment did not have achance to serve overseas and Sacknus secured his discharged in October 1898.Two months later he enlisted in the Regular Army and was assigned to Troop C,6th US Cavalry and in early 1899 sent to the Philippines. In the Summer of 1900Sacknus and the 6th Cavalry became part of the China Relief Expedition duringthe Boxer Rebellion. The Talisay fight occurred after return of the 6th Cavalryto the Philippines and Sacknus was discharged at the end of his three yearenlistment in December 1901. Initially he remained in the Philippines as acivilian employee of the Forestry Service and later worked for a government iceplant. He returned to the US and in June 1905 and enlisted in Company E, 4thInfantry.

Headvanced in rank to Corporal, Sergeant, and Quartermaster Sergeant in the 4thand later the 2nd Infantry. He was serving in Hawaii in Company E, 2nd Infantryin 1913 when he received an appointment as a Quartermaster Sergeant in theQuartermaster Corps and returned to China as a Quartermaster Sergeant thefollowing year. During WWI he was commissioned as a captain in theQuartermaster Corps and served at Camp Merritt, New Jersey. Later he conducteda school for Quartermaster officers serving in New York City. After the war hebecame a warrant officer serving with the Coast Artillery for eight years atGovernors Island, New York and one year at Fishers Island off the Connecticutcoast. In 1930 he resigned his warrant and enlisted as a private to qualify forimmediate retirement.

In1919 Henry Sacknus was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in lieu of theCertificate of Merit. In 1932 he advanced to his wartime rank of Captain on theretired list. He had married shortly before WWI and after retirement purchasesa home in New London, Connecticut where he lived with his family until hisdeath in 1951.

Gleim\'saccount is well research, except for the fact that the 6th US Cavalry did notgo from the Philippine to China, they were in route to the Philippines and werediverted to China for the China Relief Expedition, and thus when they arrivedback from China was in fact their first arrival in the Philippines.




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