1930 signed EDDIE RICKENBACKER MEDAL HONOR PHOTO ALBUM Historic item from EvRs Medal of Honor Ceremony! Start Price USD 20,000.00 Current Price USD 20,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 16, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location Albany, New York See more about '1930 signed EDDIE RICKENBACKER MEDAL HONOR PHOTO ALBUM' Description airbooks store Eddie Rickenbacker is presented the Medal of Honor by President Herbert Hoover Date: November 6, 1930 Place: Bolling Field, Anacostia, District of Columbia "Promptly at 2:30 p.m., the ceremonies began, these being broadcast on the National Broadcast System throughout the United States and on the localized public address system installed on the field by the U. S. Signal Corps." ALL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THE RICKENBACKER MEDAL OF HONOR ALBUM Participants in the Medal of Honor Presentation President Herbert Hoover Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics F. Trubee Davison (Offered for sale here is the official photo album presented to him by Rickenbacker of the MOH presentation) Major General James Edmond Fechet - Chief of the Air Corps Eddie Rickenbacker We are proud to offer a Medal of Honor document of immense historical importance. Eddie Rickenbacker's Medal of Honor Presentation photo album to his close friend F. Trubee Davison. Davison, as Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics, officiated Rickenbacker's MOH ceremony. His central role is clearly explained in the text of the album: "Accompanied by the Hon. F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics, President Hoover entered the stand, where Col. Rickenbacker and General James E. Fechet, Chief of the Air Corps, were presented to him and Mrs. Hoover..." A vintage 1930 photo album with six large 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 photos of Rickenbacker wearing the just awarded MOH. Also includes an 8 page mimeographed official account of the day the Medal of Honor was awarded to Rickenbacker.  Rich in both photographic and documentary detail of November 6, 1930. The day  America's Ace of Aces belatedly received his nations highest award. Later Davison opened the ceremony: "The President of the United States," announced Secretary Davison, in opening the ceremonies, "in the name of Congress will award the Congressional Medal of Honor to Colonel Rickenbacker. General Fechet will read the citation...." Whereupon General Fechet read the citation as follows: "Edward V. Rickenbacker, Colonel, Specialist Reserve, then first lieutenant, 94th Aero Squadron, Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy near Billy, France, September 25, 1918. While on voluntary patrol over the lines, Lieut. Rickenbacker attacked 7 enemy planes (5 type Fokker, protecting 2 type Halberstadt). Disregarding the odds against him, he dived on them and shot down one of the Fokkers out of control. He then attacked one of the Halberstadts and sent it down also. Residence at appointment: 1334 East Livingston Avenue. Columbus, O." In bestowing upon this intrepid war bird the highest decoration that the country can give, the President, in putting the ribbon over Rickenbacker's head stated: "Captain Rickenbacker, in the name of the Congress of the United States, I take great pleasure in awarding you the Congressional Medal of Honor, our country's highest decoration for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy...you were achieving victories which made you the universally recognized Aces of Aces of the American forces...." Then, speaking to those gathered, Rickebacker humbly thanked his fellow veterans: "Visibly moved as the decoration was pinned on him, Colonel Rickenbacker turned to the microphone on the stand, and in a voice trembling with emotion replied to the brief address by of the Army's present Commander in Chief: "Mr. President," he said "I should be ungrateful if I failed to recognize this great honor as a tribute to my comrades in arms, soldiers and sailors, living and dead. In peace and in war they have contributed their fair share. They have perpetuated the traditions and high ideals of the United States in the Air as they have on Land and Sea." ALBUM DESCRIPTION SIZE: 8  x 13 inches CONTENTS OF ALBUM 6 LARGE 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 INCH REAL PHOTOS OF EVR WEARING HIS NEWLY AWARDED MEDAL OF HONOR 8 PAGE MIMEOGRAPHED OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE CEREMONY AND THOROUGH OPERATIONAL HISTORY OF EDDIE RICKEBACKER'S WW1 CAREER. INCLUDES A CHART OF HIS AERIAL VICTORIES PHOTOS WITH THE FIRST BEING AUTOGRAPHED 1)Photograph of EVR wearing his MOH at the ceremony SIGNED AND AND WARM INSCRIBED BY RICKENBACKER "TO MY DEAR FRIEND TRUBIE DAVISON [SIGNED] EDDIE RICKENBACKER 1930". warmly inscribed to his close friend Davison 2)EVR having the Medal of Honor placed on his neck by President Hoover while Davison looks on. 3)EVR wearing the MOH with President Hoover 4)EVR wearing the MOH with Davison and Fecht 5)EVR wearing the MOH in a group photo with fellow 94th Aero Squadron pilots 6)EVR wearing the MOH with then current member of the 94th Aero Squadron. TEXT The text is fantastically detailed 8 page blow by blow transcript of the days events and is also a history of EVR's aerial victories.  Details down  to the specific maneuvers performed by the exhibiting aircraft at the MOH ceremony! CONDITION: Very good There is never a shortage of hyperbole on eBay. However, we believe that you will never have the opportunity to buy an important Medal of Honor document like this ever again. Items such as this were collected as important private papers and deposited in institutions decades ago. They simply are no longer in private hands.  "Once in a life time" is an often used cliche. But this time.... PLEASE CONTACT US WITH ANY QUESTIONS BUGME@AVIATIONBUG.COM   OTHER RARE AVIATION ITEMS IN EBAY STORE           Created by eBay Blackthorne ver. 3.2.146.0 Place a Bid!