likely in the Junyo Maru affair
The silvered brass scabbard is bedecked with ornate designs on the chape
he was diagnosed with a "soft chancre" (chancroid = a bacterial sexually transmitted infection characterized by painful sores on the genitalia)
maker marked "ROBBINS CO" and marked "STERLING" on the reverse
" He relinquished his appointment
Korea, Republic (South Korea); Democratic People's Republic (North Korea); United Nations. A Lot Of Seven Military Awards Hold likely in the Junyo MaruIncludes: 1. two Korea, Republic (South Korea) War Service Medals (one in red bronze, measuring 32. 5 mm in diameter, original ribbon with pinback; the other in bronze gilt, measuring 33 mm in diameter, original ribbon); four Democratic People's Republic (North Korea) awards: 2. Order of the Twentieth Anniversary of DPRK 1949 1969 (two piece constriction, in bronze gilt with red and blue enamels, dated "1968. 9. 9" on the reverse, measuring 56. 7 mm