US Pre WWII US Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Named, Sad Story
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $125.00

Original era manufacture. Named USMC Good Conduct Medal, Zander T. Duncan, 1st Enlistment, 1933-1937, along with a mix of enlisted coat buttons in darkened bronze and brass. Matching two-place ribbon bar which includes the ribbon for a China Service medal. Ancestry provides 66 Marine muster roll listings for him from 1933-1944. However the real story lies in the newspaper articles which appear on Ancestry attached to his name search. In 1952 he was convicted of mortally wounding his pregnant wife with a 20 gauge shotgun, their unborn child also did not survive.