Lithuania, Republic. An Order Of Grand Duke Gediminas, Ii Class Silver Grade Merit Medal Auction Footnote: Charles Matthew Taylor served

Footnote: Charles Matthew Taylor served with the Army Service Corps in the Sudan Campaign and participated in the Expedition to Khartoum in 1898

along with the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

together they stand over the claws of a raging crocodile symbolizing the British Army

patrolled the Atlantic for German U-Boats prior to the United States declaration of war

Lithuania, Republic. An Order Of Grand Duke Gediminas, Ii Class Silver Grade Merit Medal Auction Footnote: Charles Matthew Taylor servedIn silvered bronze, measuring 37. 8 mm in diameter, scattered silvering wear on the obverse, original ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Medal of the Order of Grand Duke Gediminas was awarded to lower level of civil servants and enlisted servicemen of the Army (NCO rank), the II Class Silver Grade Merit Medal for fifteen years' service.