Aged, onion-skin letter with paper envelope typed on government letterhead and signed in black ink, FRANK PACE, JR. Letter of appreciation to Harold C. Lowe. Some damage to envelope.
Silk maroon and white striped ribbon. Gold Medal with an Eagle sitting on a sword and book with the embossed words "Efficiency. Honor. Fidelity." around the Eagle on one side. On the other side a 5 point star in center of medal surrounded by an oak leaf and laurel leaf branch with embossed writing "Food good conduct." The name Omer T. Cochran also embossed. Omer T. Cochran was an PFC for the US Army- he enlisted in Cincinnati on September 9, 1942 and was discharged in 1944. He was born in Kentucky October 11, 1911 and died in Butler County, Ohio on April 17, 1991. The Good Conduct medal was establised June 28, 1941 for members of the US Army and Air Force for exemplary conduct, efficiency, and fidelity or those who honorably completed 3 years of active service.
Silk brown and green with red, white, blue, and black stripes ribbon with 3 bronze stars at the top. Gold medal with an LST landing craft shown with troops landing under fire, with an airplane in the background below the words EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN on one side. On the other side an American bald eagle is shown on a rock. To the eagle's left, the dates 1941-1945; to the eagle's right, the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This medal was established under Executive Order 9265, on November 6, 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was awarded for service in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater between December 7, 1941-March 2, 1946. Possibly Gordon or Harold Lowe's.
