Pair of medals to Albert Kitch, US Navy

Pair of medals to Albert Kitch, US Navy: Navy Good Conduct Medal, hand-engraved “CSC/29652/Albert/Kitch/USS/New Hampshire/July 14, 1915″, with bars “USS Paul Hamilton [CSC 29652 14 Jul 1921]”, clip-back, and “US Navy Recr’g Sta/Chicago, Ill [CSC 29652 July 14, 1919]; small (27mm) silver souvenir medal for USS New Hampshire, with British hallmarks.

Kitch, from Columbia, Pennsylvania, served from July 1915 through July 1924 as a chief carpenter’s mate. He died in October 1942.