He was Chief Navigation Officer at No
Western Samoa aboard the President Jackson-class attack transport USS President Hayes (APA-20) on August 28
the reverse with dual attachment clips
some demonstrating oxidation and verdigris consistent with age and storage
circumscribed by an inscription of “VIRIBUS UNITIS” (“UNITED FORCES”)
Germany, Imperial. An Unusual Pocket Watch to a Military Engineer with Danish and German Dedications Newly Listed He was Chief Navigation Officer(Taschenuhr). An interesting, wartime attributed pocket watch, constructed of a plated non magnetic steel casing, featuring a white dial white hour markers 1 12 in Arabic numerals, featuring hour and minute hands with an additional 60 second stopwatch situated at the lower half, retaining an original glass face and topped by a pendant, crown, and bow, featuring a retractable caseback and dust cover, the former bearing an engraved Danish language