Eight 1941-1945 U.S. Treasury 90% Silver Patriotic Service Medals Airmail 1 Denomination 10 Lire Country

1 Denomination 10 Lire Country Italy Government Kingdom Ruler Vittorio Emanuele III Coinage Type Decimal Coinage Mint Rome Composition Silver Fineness 0

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Eight 1941-1945 U.S. Treasury 90% Silver Patriotic Service Medals Airmail 1 Denomination 10 Lire CountryThere isn't a ton of information out there on these nifty medals, which is odd because they are such a terrific little snippet of history. My understanding from the bit of research I did was that these were given as awards to sellers of of World War II War Bonds. Each medal weighs appx . 70 toz giving the lot a gross weight of 5. 6 troy ounces and 5. 04 Net Pure ounces.