Abstracts of foreign-language articles. Artillery with larger cavalry units. MAJ A. Vollmer Cavalry in 1914. MAJ A. Vollmer Greatest army in the world. Japanese operations in Jehol. Mechanized brigade against infantry division....
Long knife bayonet with semi spear point and "V" ground edge. Blade has a deep square edged fuller and is parkerized. High narrow upper guard with rounded point on lower guard. Walnut scales are screwed to tang and have 2 grooves in center. Pommel...
Blade is 17 1/8" long, 1/4" thick, and 1" at hilt. Straight back, tapering to semi-spear point 2" from end. Deep, square edged fuller runs for 12 1/2" beginning 3 3/8" from point. Back slightly round. True edge sharply "V" around for 14 1/2". 4...
A 1 1/2" diameter war medal made of silver plated brass with a 2" blue and white vertical striped silk ribbon with red inverted triangle at top with one white star in the middle. A 1/2" brass ring connects the disk to the ribbon. Clasp at top back...
81.2.2: Bronze medal, obverse: 1 1/4" brass disk is a wreath with cross inside and castles at opposite ends of cross intersection. Center ring surrounds image of two soldiers and a kneeling woman. Reverse: Center ring contains fourteen stars with...
The medal is in the shape of a Maltese cross with a sunflower design at the center suspended by two chains attached to a decorative bar bearing the name of the Spanish American War and 20th Kansas Infantry. Obverse of the medal bears the name of...
Medal is in the shape of a decorative blue, white, and gold Maltese cross with a gold medallion at the center with gold eagle insignia facing left, encircled by the words "Lex Regit, Arma Tuentur". The medal is attached to a red, white, and blue...
A 1 1/2" diameter war service medal made of silver plated brass with a 2" blue and white vertical striped silk ribbon with red inverted triangle at top with one white star in the middle. A 1/2" brass ring connects the disk to the ribbon. Clasp at...
Bronze medal,1 1/4" in diameter with a wreath with cross inside and castles at opposite ends of cross intersection. Center ring surrounds image of two soldiers and kneeling woman. Reverse has center ring containing fourteen stars with "UNITED"...
Medal consists of a Maltese cross-shaped lancet of oxidized finished bronze with laurel wreath circling center inscription. On each arm of cross is different inscription. Medal reverse bears center inscription. Medal is suspended from green silk...
82.4.25 Medal, obverse is four-armed Maltese cross, each arm yellow enamel with green enamel border and delineated with gilded metal. Between arms of cross on right are two sprays of oak leaves; on left are two sprays of laurel. Cross center is...
Bronze medallion (1 1/4" in diameter) has on obverse a female figure representing Liberty, holding a shield and brandishing a sword she stands on live oak with branches terminating in four leaves she holds a shield in her left arm and a sword in...
Bronze medallion (1 1/4" in diameter) shows on obverse the American bald eagle, with wings raised with tips down, perched on a sword overlaid with a palm branch. On the reverse is the shield taken from the US Coat of Arms. At bottom is an open...
Bronze medallion 1 3/8" diameter with a design of a female figure at the center with her right foot placed on a war god's helmet. There is a sun behind the helmet with multiple rays radiating out. Looking as though she has just broken a sword over...
Sword 4 3/4" overall, blade 35 3/4" x 1 1/4" wide at the hilt, curved and single edged with only a rudimentary false edge. Two fullers: one broad one running from the ricasso to within 10" of the point, and a shorter narrow one at the back of the...
This paper examines theater evacuations conducted over significant bodies of water. Extricating any defeated force is difficult; withdrawing the force across a major water body is the special challenge of maritime powers with distant commitments,...
This study examines motivation and job satisfaction for middle level career army officers. A question is raised as to the efficacy of utilizing civilian motivational techniques in a military environment. It is hypothesized that the variables...
This thesis assesses the effectiveness of the current and alternative organizational structures for the employment of the TOW ATGM. Four alternatives are considered in comparison to the current organizations which was assessed as a base case. The...