Four North And South Carolina National Guard State Awards Archive 1918 and was paid a

1918 and was paid a War Service Gratuity in the amount of $600 ($420 to the soldier and $180 to his dependent wife)

marked with the "RZM" (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia

It was "the severest disaster which has befallen the Navy in recent years" to quote the annual report of the Secretary of the Navy for that period

October 16

addressed "to Mom & Dad" and stamped "CITY STUDIO AMSTERDAM" on the reverse

Four North And South Carolina National Guard State Awards Archive 1918 and was paid aNorth Carolina Commendation Medal (bronze, 35 mm x 39. 8 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback); South Carolina Palmetto Cross (bronze with a gold coloured gilt, 53. 7 mm x 55. 2 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback); South Carolina Meritorious Service Medal (bronze, 33. 3 mm x 42. 8 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback); and South Carolina State Faithful Service Medal (bronze, 32 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback). Ranging from better