stating "Deeply regret to inform you that your son Private John J Creech Jr USMC was Killed in Action at Tarawa instead of Missing in Action as previously reported
it is unknown to the collector community and may likely be a one-of-a-kind prototype
in that it should only be given to essential war workers and that wholesale or indiscriminate issues should not be made
10 Military District in Winnipeg
loss of enamel to center medallion
Brazil, Kingdom. An Order of the Rose, Commander Breast Star, in Gold, c.1870 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac stating "Deeply regret to inform(Imperial Ordem da Rosa). Instituted October 17, 1829 by Dom Pedro I. A beautiful star, in silver gilt, a six armed white enamelled cross with ball finials, affixed to a solid multi rayed gilded plate with three pink enamelled roses on green enamelled laurels in each quadrant creating a wreath, the obverse medallion in Gold presents the hand chiselled medallion of Pedro I, surrounded by a blue enamelled ring with the inscription AMOR E FIDELIDADE
