Aged bronze medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the M.D. Friedman Company. The M.D. Friedman Company was a scrap processor company in the area, located along Route 52 between New Boston and Sciotoville. The company started in 1919 by M.D. Friedman in Cleveland, then moved to Ashland, Kentucky in 1921, the purchased the Route 52 site in 1936 and started operations here a year later.
A gold metal Civil War medal. President Abraham engraved on front, and words engraved: "With malice toward none with charity for all." On back engraved: "The Civil War 1861-1865."
Light blue silk ribbon with red, white, and blue vertical center stripes and white, black, and red vertical stripes. Gold medal with a Navy cruiser shown beneath a B-24 airplane flying overhead and sinking an enemy submarine in the foreground; in the background, there is a group of buildings. Above this scene are the words AMERICAN CAMPAIGN on one side. On the other side an American bald eagle on a rock. To the eagle's left, the dates 1941-1945; to the eagle's right, the words United States of America. The American Campaign Medal was established by Executive Order 9265 on November 6, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The medal was awarded to any member of the United States armed services with 30 consecutive days of service in the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946. Possibly Gordon or Harold Lowe's.
