Group of five to Pvt J. Brearly, USMC

Group of five to Private Joseph Samuel Brearley, US Marine Corps: Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, numbered “No.46115″; World War I Victory Medal, no clasp; New York World War I Service Medal, numbered “41623″; Tompkins County, New York, World War I Service Medal, unnamed; Marine Corps League officer’s medal, with top bar for Treasurer; Marine Corps League lapel pin. With copied research.

Brearley enlisted in June 1918 from Ithaca, New York. He served at Parris Island through March 1919. After the war, Brearley joined the Ithaca Fire Department and remained with them until his death in May 1959. The research includes a copy of his Good Conduct Medal certificate, which verifies the medal number.