LOT BELONGED TO AN OFFICER WHO SERVED IN THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE SERVICE (USMS) AND THE UNITED STATES NAVY THROUGHOUT THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND KOREAN WAR ERAS

UNIFORM ARTICLES BELONGED TO CAPTAIN MICHAEL M. CHICUREL, USN, USMS

LOT INCLUDES:

1.      THREE SETS OF US NAVY AND MERCHANT MARINE CAPTAIN GOLD BULLION AND GOLD LACE EPAULETTE SHOULDER BOARDS RANK INSIGNIA WITH BUTTONS:

1 PAIR OF USN CAPTAIN’S SHOULDER BOARDS.

2 PAIRS OF USMS CAPTAIN’S SHOULDER BOARDS.

S. MARS, INC., N.Y.

(EACH BOARD MEASURES 140x50mm).

EXCELLENT QUALITY AND CONDITION – ALMOST MINT!

2.      USN OFFICER’S CREST GOLD AND SILVER BULLION HAT BADGE (57x62mm) ON HAT BAND.

EXCELLENT QUALITY AND CONDITION – ALMOST MINT!

3.      USMS OFFICER’S CREST GOLD-FILLED AND SILVER-COLORED METAL HAT BADGE (65x65mm) ON HAT BAND

EXCELLENT QUALITY AND CONDITION – ALMOST MINT!

4.      UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE GOLD BULLION ON WHITE CAP BADGE DEVICE INSIGNIA. (77x31mm)

EXCELLENT QUALITY AND CONDITION – ALMOST MINT!

5.       FIFTY-FOUR USN AND USMS GOLD-COLORED UNIFORM BUTTONS:

25 USN BUTTONS (19 BUTTONS-SIZE 26mm IN DIAMETER, 3 BUTTONS-SIZE 22mm, 3 BUTTONS-SIZE 15mm SCREW TYPE, ONE OF WHICH IS WITHOUT SCREWBACK). (11 OF THE USN BUTTONS WITH HEAD OF EAGLE FACING RIGHT; 14 USN BUTTONS WITH EAGLE HEAD FACING LEFT, BOTH SETS MADE BY WATERBURY BUTTON COMPANY).

29 USMS BUTTONS (18 WITH USMS CREST WITHIN WREATH MADE BY WATERBURY BUTTON CO., 11 USMS BUTTONS WITH ANCHOR EMBLEM AND STAMPED SUPERIOR QUALITY).

BUTTONS ARE MOSTLY IN GOOD CONDITION, WITH SOME APPEARING ALMOST NEW, AND SOME (USN LEFT FACING BUTTONS) SHOWING THE MOST WEAR. ONLY FOUR USMS BUTTONS HAVE MINOR DENTS. A FEW HAVE WASHERS AND RING PINS.

6.      TWO (COMMANDER) METAL SILVER-COLORED OAK LEAF COLLAR RANK INSIGNIA PINS. (18x16mm)

EXCELLENT QUALITY AND CONDITION – ALMOST MINT!

7.      FOUR (LIEUTENANT COMMANDER) METAL GOLD-FILLED (1/20 10k) OAK LEAF RANK INSIGNIA PINS. (2 MATCHING PINS 26x24mm), (2 NOT MATCHING, ONE LOOKS LIKE ARMY PATTERN MAJOR, NOT GOLD-FILLED, 18x17mm AND 21x19mm RESPECTIVELY).

EXCELLENT QUALITY AND CONDITION – ALMOST MINT!

8.      (53) MERCHANT MARINE & USN AWARD CAMPAIGN RIBBON MEDAL DECORATIONS.

53 RIBBONS, INCLUDING:

KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL RIBBON - KSM

PHILIPPINE DEFENSE WWII RIBBON

PHILIPPINE LIBERATION WWII MILITARY MEDAL RIBBON

UNITED NATIONS KOREA SERVICE MILITARY MEDAL RIBBON

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL RIBBON - NDSM

AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL RIBBON

ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL RIBBON

WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL RIBBON

WORLD WAR II NAVY OCCUPATION MEDAL RIBBON

USMS COMBAT BAR RIBBON

USMS PACIFIC WAR ZONE MEDAL RIBBON

USMS MEDITERRANEAN-MIDDLE EAST WAR ZONE BAR RIBBON

USMS PACIFIC WAR ZONE BAR RIBBON

(SOME OF THE ABOVE RIBBONS ARE REPEATS, SOME ARE ON BARS, SOME ARE SEPARATE. EACH RIBBON SINGLY MEASURES 35x10mm)

RIBBON CONDITIONS RANGE FROM ALMOST NEW TO SHOWING SOMEB WEAR FROM USE.

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM CAPTAIN CHICUREL’S BIOGRAPHICAL OBITUARY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES FROM 2005:

“CHICUREL--CAPTAIN MICHAEL M. OF LONG BEACH, NY…BORN IN THE CONEY ISLAND SECTION OF BROOKLYN, NY, CAPTAIN CHICUREL DEVELOPED A LOVE OF THE OCEAN THAT USHERED HIM INTO A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN MARITIME AFFAIRS. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY IN 1943 AND SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY, FLEET MANAGER AND PORT CAPTAIN FOR MARINE TRANSPORT LINES, INC; CHIEF OF MERCHANT MARINE PERSONNEL FOR THE BUREAU OF MARITIME AFFAIRS/REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA; PRESIDENT OF ATLANTIC MACE CORPORATION; AND MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS. IN ADDITION, CAPTAIN CHICUREL MAINTAINED NUMEROUS AFFILIATIONS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY. HE WAS SELECTED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF AMERICAN MASTER MARINERS; A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE TOP OF THE WORLD, SIGNIFYING HE HAD CROSSED THE ARCTIC CIRCLE; AND A MEMBER OF THE DOMAIN OF THE GOLD DRAGON, FOR CROSSING THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE. HE WAS PROUD THAT IN 1963 HE COMMUNICATED VIA SYNCOM II, THE WORLD'S FIRST SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE, WHICH HE THOUGHT OF AS THE START OF THE COMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION.”

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