United States. A Second War & Korean War Group To P/O First Class Kinstler, Operation Crossroads GTRexclude 36” on the reverse

36” on the reverse

above a clear handwritten black ink dedication in Italian from Mussolini to then-Reichsminister Hans Frank (later Governor General of the Generalgouvernement and an executed Nuremberg Trial defendant) in Rome on 4 April 1936

The scabbard fittings exhibit contact marks

2 mm (w) x 22 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension)

United States. A Second War & Korean War Group To P/O First Class Kinstler, Operation Crossroads GTRexclude 36” on the reverseIncludes: three Groups of Three: 1. Group One: (i) Navy Good Conduct Medal with three Bronze Stars: reverse mounted, impressed "JAMES JOSEPH KINSTLER 1946" on the reverse. (ii) American Campaign Medal. (iii) Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with two Bronze Campaign Stars. 2. Group Two: (i) World War II Victory Medal. (ii) China Service Medal. (iii) Navy Occupation Service Medal. 3. Group Three: (i) National Defense Service Medal. (ii) Korean Service