ARMY & NAVY UNION, U.S.A.
VETERAN ORGANIZATION TWO MEMBERSHIP BADGE MEDALS
c. 1909-1913 TYPE III-b MEMBER BADGE
c.1940's GILT ANU MEDAL OF HONOR WITH NATIONAL JR. VICE COMMANDER GOLD BADGE WITH TWO-STAR ENAMELLED RANK STRAP
ISSUED BY THEARMY & NAVY UNION, U.S.A., THE OLDEST EXTANT VETERAN'S ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, ESTABLISHED IN 1886 AND INCORPORATED 1988. FRATERNAL MEMBERS HAVE SEEN HONORABLE SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES. AND PAST MEMBERS INCLUDE VETERANS OF THE MEXICAN WAR OF 1848, THE CIVIL WAR, THE INDIAN WARS, THE SPANISH AMERICAN WARS, THE BOXER REBELLION, WWI & WWII, AND ALL OTHER WARS AND ENGAGEMENTS UP TO THE PRESENT. NOTABLE FORMER MEMBERS INCLUDE PRESIDENTS WILLIAM McKINLEY, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, HARRY TRUMAN, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, GENERALS OF THE ARMY JOHN J. PERSHING, DOUGLAS Mac ARTHUR, AND MONAY OTHER NOTABLE FIGURESTHAT HAVE SERVED INALL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY.
TWO ACTS OF CONGRESS HAVE AUTHORIZED MEMBERS OF THE ANU TO WEAR THE ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERSHIP BADGE ON THEIR UNIFORMS.
BOTH BADGES IN THIS LOT ARE SIMILAR IN STYLE WITH MINOR DIFFERENCES OWING TO AGE TYPE AND RANK.
THE MEDAL BADGE IS A SIX-ARMED CROSS FLORY WITH EACH ARM BEARING THE EMBLEM OF A DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY SERVICE. CLOCKWISE FROM THE TOP THE EMBLEMS ARE ENGINEERS (CASTLE), CAVALRY (CROSSED SABERS), NAVY (FOULED ANCHOR), INFANTRY (CROSSED RIFLES), MARINES (EAGLE, GLOBE & ANCHOR), and ARTILLERY (CROSSED CANNONS). THE CENTRAL MEDALLION BEARSTHEENTWINED MONOGRAM OR CYPHER "ANU" SURROUNDED BY A FULL WREATH. THE TOP ARM IS SURMOUNTED BY AN AMERICAN EAGLESUSPENSION BAR WITH STAFA FOR ATTACHING THE RIBBON. THE RIBBON IS MULTI-COLORED 9 STRIPED, AND BOTH RIBBONS SHOWWEAR.
1.) c. 1909-1913 TYPE III-b MEMBER BADGE
PLAIN BRONZE MEDAL TYPE. EAGLE BAR IS 28 MM ACROSS WITH ROUNDED TIPS. BADGE HANGS 78 MM; 35 MM FROM ARM TO ARM AND 43 MM IN LENGTH. RIBBONATTACHES TO ASLOT BROOCH TYPE PIN. "STAMPED GUSTAVE FOX Co./CIN. O." ON REVERSE.
2.) c.1940's GILT ANU MEDAL OF HONOR WITH NATIONAL JR. VICE COMMANDER GOLD BADGE WITH TWO-STAR ENAMELLED RANK STRAP
ORIGINALLYDESIGNED FOR GENERAL PERSHING, THIS GILT MEDAL WAS PRESENTED TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY AND CIVILIANS FOR SERVICES TO THE ORDER.POINTED EAGLE TIPS 30 MM ACROSS. THE BADGE HANGS 120 MM AND IS 36 MM ARM TO ARM. AT THE TOP THE RIBBON IS SEWN ONTOTHE GILTOFFICER'S SHOULDER STRAP PINBACK. THE RANK STRAP WAS AUTHORIZED IN 1913 AND NATIONAL OFFICER'SARE OF WHITE ENAMEL. A NATIONALJR. VICE COMMANDER'S RANK IS 3TWO STARS, SAME INSIGNIA AS A MAJOR GENERAL IN THE ARMY.STAMPED WITHIN INCUSE SQUARE"METAL ARTS/CO/ROCHESTER N.Y.".
