Original WWII U.S. Navy Silver Presentation Box named to Capt. P.D. Quirk of the Destroyer U.S.S. Gridley Technical Books was a voluntary organization designed

was a voluntary organization designed to provide civil air raid protection in large civilian centers

is missing the very tip of the fore-end of the wood butt stock in front of the most forward of the four ramrod pipes

He lived to the ripe old age of 95 eventually dying in 1904

and the frame of brass and what appears to be aluminum is covered in a black finish

Original WWII U.S. Navy Silver Presentation Box named to Capt. P.D. Quirk of the Destroyer U.S.S. Gridley Technical Books was a voluntary organization designedOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is wonderful marked wood lined Sterling Silver Commemorative Presentation box, measuring 8" X 3 1 2" X 2 1 2" with a hinged lid. It is marked STERLING near the maker mark on the bottom of the box. The top is engraved: TO OUR SKIPPER P D QUIRK FROM OFFICERS OF THE U S S GRIDLEY The front face of the box is engraved with the names of the ships 24 officers, who presented the box. Inside the box is an old clipping, with