United States. A Society of the Ark & Dove Colonist Medal in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac First Lieutenant Ralph Welcome Baker

First Lieutenant Ralph Welcome Baker

He advanced to the rank of Boy Seaman 1st Class and later

Footnote: William George Tickle was born on June 1

green-enameled laurels in each quadrant

The interior features a complete grey-blue cotton twill liner bearing a label stamped with “ABNr

United States. A Society of the Ark & Dove Colonist Medal in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac First Lieutenant Ralph Welcome BakerInstituted in 1910. In Gold, a badge presenting an eagle with outstretched etched wings, the body of the eagle in white enamels, a green enamelled wreath encircling the eagles head, with green enamelled sprigs of oak leaves in one claw and a thistle, flower, and clovers in the other claw, the obverse medallion featuring figures in gold raising a flag, encircled by a blue enamelled ring marked THE SOCIETY OF THE ARK AND THE DOVE 1633 1909, the reverse