United States. A USN Keel Laying Ceremony Gold Medal for Nuclear Submarine USS Baton Rouge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and the scabbard’s throat catch

and the scabbard’s throat catch no longer functions

Very light contact and crazing on the upper

a Destroyer Depot Ship based on the Firth of Forth and from which the 8th Destroyer Flotilla served the Grand Fleet

where both the Asthma and Bronchitis exhibited themselves

Second Class - Franz Joseph I

United States. A USN Keel Laying Ceremony Gold Medal for Nuclear Submarine USS Baton Rouge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and the scabbard’s throat catchIn 14k Gold, obverse has a naval trident through a gear wheel with the letters N N on the prongs. reverse is inscribed USS BATON ROUGE SSN 689 KEEL LAID NOVEMBER 18, 1972 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AUTHENTICATED BY MRS. F. EDWARD HEBERT, measuring 32mm and weighing 15. 06 grams, marked 14k on reverse, extremely fine. Footnote: USS Baton Rouge (SSN 689) was a Los Angeles class nuclear powered attack submarine which served with the United States Navy.