Bidspirit auction | 1956 Sterling JROTC Marksmanship Medal

1956 Sterling JROTC Marksmanship Medal - Sterling silver. A United States Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) marksmanship medal constructed of sterling silver. The medal is suspended from a rectangular sterling silver header bar by a red and white vertical bicolor silk ribbon. The header bar is embossed with the text LAKE VIEW H.S. over R.O.T.C. The medal features a spread-wing eagle perched atop a cross patt?e. Centered on the cross is a circular medallion featuring crossed rifles superimposed over a laurel wreath, with the date 1956 embossed at the base. The reverse of the eagle is stamped with the word STERLING in small sans-serif capital letters. The reverse of the cross is engraved with the text PRESENTED BY LT. COL. JEROME J. WEIL TO. The space for the recipient's name remains blank. The bottom arm of the cross on the reverse features an impressed maker's mark consisting of a triangular crest containing the text N. M. SCHRIDDE CO / CHICAGO / STERLING. Lake View High School is located in Chicago, Illinois, corresponding with the manufacturer's location.