A group of eight orders, medals and badges awarded to John Jacob Astor, Major, US Army and to W. Vincent Astor, Captain, USNR

comprising a Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States, Order of Calderón, Ecuador; Badge of the Society of American Wars of the United States, Naval Reserve Medal; Badge of the Society of Colonial Wars, Badge of the Dutchess County Society, Badge of the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba.

Good condition; wear to the top left medal ribbon; central top medal with minor oxidation around the central medallion; tarnishing to the Duchess County Society medal.
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