October 20, 1942 - Ax The Axis Patriotic Cover - Free Postage (USS Edison) Fr. 1965-C Sterling Silver Monogrammed Cap Connecting

Sterling Silver Monogrammed Cap Connecting Prongs to Tusk

This note is currently encapsulated in a hard plastic currency display board

9999 fine Silver

Comes in original government cardboard holder

October 20, 1942 - Ax The Axis Patriotic Cover - Free Postage (USS Edison) Fr. 1965-C Sterling Silver Monogrammed Cap ConnectingOn 24 October 1942 Edison set sail from Norfolk with a task group bound for the invasion at Fedhala, French Morocco, 8 November. She engaged shore batteries and enemy destroyers at Cape Fedhala and protected shipping lying off the beachheads during the Naval Battle of Casablanca: A total of 362 rounds were fired, 74 at the shore battery, 20 in the first engagement, and 268 in the second destroyer engagement, of which it is estimated that 200 rounds