Original WWII U.S. Navy Silver Presentation Box named to Capt. P.D. Quirk of the Destroyer U.S.S. Gridley Technical Books Maker of a Kentucky

Maker of a Kentucky

is missing the very tip of the fore-end of the wood butt stock in front of the most forward of the four ramrod pipes

Received deployment orders for the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) in August 1943

This excellent example is marked:

Original WWII U.S. Navy Silver Presentation Box named to Capt. P.D. Quirk of the Destroyer U.S.S. Gridley Technical Books Maker of a KentuckyOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is wonderful marked wood lined Sterling Silver Commemorative Presentation box, measuring 8" X 3 1 2" X 2 1 2" with a hinged lid. It is marked STERLING near the maker mark on the bottom of the box. The top is engraved: TO OUR SKIPPER P D QUIRK FROM OFFICERS OF THE U S S GRIDLEY The front face of the box is engraved with the names of the ships 24 officers, who presented the box. Inside the box is an old clipping, with