McCarty (then Commander) took control of USS Louisville and managed recovery efforts in fighting fires and restoration of equipment
with clusters of seven blue enameled rays in each quadrant
vertically oval cartouche with the manufacturer’s name and location
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including ten Wehrmacht EM/NCO visor cap cockades
Japan, Empire. A Lot of Three Cased Awards and Decorations (Rising Sun/Sacred Treasure) Auction McCarty (then Commander) took control1. An Order of the Rising Sun, VI. Class Breast Badge. Instituted October 4th, 1875. Constructed of silver with white enamels in the shape of an eight pointed star with cleft endings, with clusters of three intermediate rays, the obverse centre exhibiting a beautiful glass cabochon in red colour, the reverse presenting a double sided design, suspended by a green and violet enamel imperial symbol of the Paulownia flowers, with Japanese lettering on the