United States. A Presidential Gold Lifesaving Medal, German Steamship General Osorio 1931 Auction Archive A pair of War Merit

A pair of War Merit Crosses

Instituted September 11 1942

the obverse with a gilt monogram of King Michael I and inscription of “COROANA ROMÂNIEI COMANDOR” (“ROMANIAN CROWN COMMANDER”)

with broken chains around his right arm with a national eagle with outstretched wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika in its talons below

United States. A Presidential Gold Lifesaving Medal, German Steamship General Osorio 1931 Auction Archive A pair of War MeritIn 18K Gold, weighing 39. 7 grams, struck by the United States Mint, engraver marked with an "M" (George Thomas Morgan) at the base of the bust, obverse illustrating the left facing bust of Liberty, with a band inscribed "LIBERTY" and incorporating laurel leaves in her hair, surrounded by the inscription "PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES", with a six sided star at the bottom, reverse engraved "To ARNOLD BOLM SEAMAN OF THE GERMAN