Brazil, Federative Republic. A Naval War Service Medal, Fullsize And Miniature Newly Listed was forced to ask for

was forced to ask for an armistice

at Funafuti

near mint in original packet

with inscription on reverse of an Gebirgsjäger unit

where he had surgery in order to remove the bullet

Brazil, Federative Republic. A Naval War Service Medal, Fullsize And Miniature Newly Listed was forced to ask for(Medalla de Servios de Guerra). Instituted in 1943. Fullsize (in bronze gilt, measuring 33. 8 mm in diameter, lightly soiled original ribbon with pinback, accompanied by its 35. 5 mm (w) x 12 mm (h) ribbon bar); and Miniature (in bronze gilt, measuring 15. 5 mm in diameter, original ribbon with pinback). Both with scattered gilt wear, contact marks, better than very fine.