Original U.S. WWII Named Distinguished Service Cross with Case German SS The side of the sextant

The side of the sextant is marked:

He and his crew languished in a Tripoli dungeon for 19 months until a Treaty was signed on the 3rd of June 1805

The P42 rucksack is made of canvas

It is wrapped with three pairs of twisted brass wires

which is embossed with spiral motifs

Original U.S. WWII Named Distinguished Service Cross with Case German SS The side of the sextantOriginal Item: One of a kind. During World War Two there were only about 5,000 recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross. The breakdown for each branch was as follows: 3,984 Army 762 Army Air Corps 31 Marine Corps 21 Navy 258 Foreign Service Members 3 Civilian The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military award that can be given to a member of the United States Army (and previously the United States Air Force) for extreme