Orders, Decorations and Medals

Colonel John Herschel Glenn, Jr., United States Marine Corps, the first American to orbit the Earth
Ribbons mounted for display, to represent those of the recipient: U.S.A. Distinguished Flying Cross, with silver oak leaf cluster; Air Medal, with three silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters; Navy Unit Commendation ribbon; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; American Campaign Medal; Victory Medal 1945; China Service Medal 1937-57; National Defence Service Medal; South Korean unknown; Korean Service Medal; U.N. Korea Medal; NASA Distinguished Service Medal, these mounted on card, together with a cloth badge and a signed photograph of Glenn, good condition £20-30

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Ribbons from the Collection of the late Judge Henry Pownall.

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With copied biographical details.