US WWI Era USS Oklahoma Farewell Ball, Pin and Ribbon
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: $50.00

Original era manufacture. 1919 dated ribbon in Navy blue and gold, with silver lettering. Brass suspension bar with pin attachment. At the bottom is a celluloid disc in a brass frame, portraying the USS Oklahoma.The ribbon is frayed below the suspension bar and above the disc, with the disc being mounted to a display card by double sided tape.On December 7th 1941, the Oklahoma was struck by several Japanese torpedoes, capsizing at her moorings with a loss of over 400 of her crew. Like the Arizona, she was to damaged to be repaired, and was scrapped in 1946.