A Second War American Legion Of Merit, Legionnaire Grade, Named To John F. Mccarthy, Cased Archive brown and black inks on

brown and black inks on white paper

constructed of rolled and flat silver bullion insignia on a rusty-red wool backer

in every instance

He was to be in ill health during much of his war service

A Second War American Legion Of Merit, Legionnaire Grade, Named To John F. Mccarthy, Cased Archive brown and black inks onUnited States; Bronze gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, 45. 5 mm x 47. 2 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback, intact enamels, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine. Accompanied by its 10. 5 mm x 36 mm ribbon bar with pinback and two 4 mm x 17 mm enamelled ribbon bars with button hole attachments, in their hardshelled case of issue, marked "LEGION OF MERIT" above "LEGIONNAIRE" on the lid, exhibiting light scuffing on the lid, case