Gardiner was elected as the Rhode Island Society's Assistant Secretary
he was discharged on December 25
All three signatures are indecipherable and not assignable
the Navy awarded the West Indies Campaign Medal
Footnote: most of the tanks used by Ustasha army (Ustaska Vojnica) were of Italian manufacture
Chechen, Republic. An Order "Defender Of Honour", Ii Class Buy Now Gardiner was elected as theA circular medal constructed of silvered metal alloy with nine points, the centre bears a screen printed portrait of a (unknown) Russian resistance leader encircled with a grommeted border, a downwards facing sword lays behind the portrait and a banner of green, white and red enamels lay at the bottom, the top bears the inscription SIYLALLY BIAHO and the bottom bears W S, the reverse is plain and bears a screw back, measuring 48. 23 mm, fine.