Unusual, Rare, V..._Mail Christmas Greetings Document during WWII For Sale
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Unusual, Rare, V..._Mail Christmas Greetings Document during WWII:
$14.99
Unusual, rare, V..._ Christmas Greetings, with red & green Christmas colors, document during WWII.The printed sentiment (listing photo # 2) reads: A CHRISTMAS SCENE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC/No ice, no snow, no bottled beer/No feminine forms on which to leer/No fancy thoughts on Tiffany tissue---/So accept this thought on Government issue/ For along with it goes a helluva cheer/For a Merry old Christmas and a Happy New Year! The ship image, in green, is that of a Colorado class battleship.
Signed by sailor W. L. Morton SK 1/c (store keeper 1st class) / Always love, Your Cousin, Bill.
The third listing photo shows that this Christmas greeting was printed in the print shop of U.S.S. Rigel 11-24-43 (November 11, 1943). The Rigel, like all fleet repair ships, shipped several machine shops, a printing shop, a large cafeteria/kitchen, supplies, etc., below decks that provided most all things needed by the fleet\'s warships.
The fourth listing photo shows the backside of this document.
Titles of Distinction
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Hero of Socialist Labor
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of USSR
- Dist. Military Pilot USSR
- Dist. Military Navigator USSR
- Dist. Test Pilot USSR
- Dist. Test Navigator USSR
- Distinguished Pilot USSR
- Dist. Navigator USSR
Orders of Distinction
- Order of Lenin
- Order of October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of Suvorov
- Order of Ushakov
- Order of Kutuzov
- Order of Nakhimov
- Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
- Order of Alexander Nevsky
- Order of the Patriotic War
- Order of Red Banner of Labor
- Order of Friendship
- Order of the Red Star
- Order Service to Motherland
- Order of the Badge of Honor
- Order of Honor
- Order of Personal Courage
- Order of Glory
- Order of Labor Glory
- Order of Mother Heroine
- Order of Maternal Glory