"Guidebook of U. S. Medals", by Evans E. Kerrigan, a renowned authority, is a complete guide to the decorations & awards of the United States from 1782 to the present. Expanded & enlarged edition of the classic reference work is a 7 X 10 Hardcover Edition with over 300 exciting pages, including an 8-page color insert, hundreds of black & white photos & a comprehensive Index & Bibliography. Every award is explained in detail. All ribbons are in full color & the decoration section includes exciting stories & photos of ...
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"Guidebook of U. S. Medals", by Evans E. Kerrigan, a renowned authority, is a complete guide to the decorations & awards of the United States from 1782 to the present. Expanded & enlarged edition of the classic reference work is a 7 X 10 Hardcover Edition with over 300 exciting pages, including an 8-page color insert, hundreds of black & white photos & a comprehensive Index & Bibliography. Every award is explained in detail. All ribbons are in full color & the decoration section includes exciting stories & photos of recipients of our nation's highest awards. The Campaign Medal section has a short history of wars in which our military forces served. It carries the reader from the Revolutionary War (The Badge of Military Merit) through the Gulf War (Southwest Asia Service Medal), & contains exciting stories of heroes who earned the gratitude & respect of our nation. Information about the earliest awards & those of the Civil War (1861-65) are especially interesting. Civilian Awards & medals to our Astronauts & Explorers are included as well. Logical, easy-to-read format & exciting illustrations will provide the reader with an understanding & recognition of this fascinating subject. For everyone interested in history, heroes & heraldry of the United States & of particular interest during the 50th anniversary of World War Two.
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1994 Kerrigan, Evans GUIDEBOOK OF US MEDALS Noroton Heights, CT: Medallic Publishing, c1994 287pp, index, bibliography, black and white photographs sm 4to Near fine hardcover with only minor shelfwear on edges of covers.
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Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 0962466360. 287 pp., illus., several pages of color plates, several pencil check marks in margins in color plate section, previous owners name/address ink stamp on upper left corner of front paste-down, dealer name/address sticker on top center of rear paste-down and on title page just below publisher name, very slight edge wear to covers.