Original U.S. WWI Framed French Croix de Guerre & Certificate to 2nd Division 2x Silver Star & Belgian Croix de Guerre Recipient Albro Edison Blake - 18½ x 22½” Antique Long Guns Seacoast mortars could penetrate the

Seacoast mortars could penetrate the decks of wooden ships and even threaten the deck plating of ironclad vessels

both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan as supreme commander of the army and the navy

which is how the gun is reloaded

with the original brass wire binding fully intact

and this set is in excellent

Original U.S. WWI Framed French Croix de Guerre & Certificate to 2nd Division 2x Silver Star & Belgian Croix de Guerre Recipient Albro Edison Blake - 18½ x 22½” Antique Long Guns Seacoast mortars could penetrate theOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous framed Croix de Guerre & Certificate identified to Private Albro Edison Blake, Headquarters Company, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division, who during the First World War was awarded two Silver Star Citations, two French Croix de Guerre medals (One with Gilt Star & One with Bronze Star), and the Belgian Croix de Guerre for his tireless efforts in repairing broken telephone wires under heavy