- The Domain of the Golden Dragon. Certificate. For Crossing the 180th Meridian. Submitted by John Venters, A 1st/11th Artillery. Back to Navy/Army Main Index.
- Can anyone give me any information about the Sacred Order of the Golden Dragon? I have a membership card that belonged to my grandfather, Bill G. Imperial Domain of Golden Dragon this is to certify that Elser, R.R.
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Golden Dragon Certificate. Celebrates crossing the International Date Line. Order a single 'Golden Dragon' Certificate » Order multiple 'Golden Dragon' Certificates ». Domain of the Golden Dragon, Plank Owner, Plank Preserver. GOLDEN SHELLBACK (Vessel Travel). badge, ribbon or patch) if they are available for this award.
US Navy Line Crossing Ceremony. The United States Navy Line Crossing Ceremony Since the American Revolution, our military has served to. Iraq. War. Today I am humbly reminded of my father. Roland Irving Bruning father entered the.
United States Navy on November 3. New York. During his seventeen year. Navy career he served in World War II in the Atlantic Fleet and in the. Korean War and acquired many ribbons and decorations. These include the Asiatic. Pacific Ribbon (4 stars), Philippine Liberations Ribbon (2 stars, European. African Middle Eastern Area Ribbon (1 star), Good Conduct Medal, American Area.
Campaign Ribbon and the World War II Victory Medal. Of all these decorations my. Realm of the Arctic Circle and Realm of the. Golden Dragon Certificates. No. greater Naval tradition is there worldwide than a line crossing ceremony. According to Navel tradition, a pollywog is a sailor who has never crossed the.
On February 1. 8, 1. Equator on the International Date Line) through a line. Afterwards he received his Domain of the Golden Dragon.
Considered a rite of passage that tested upon the sailors ability. WWII sailors looked forward to their. The day long began as a shellback dressed as King Neptune calls. The ceremony the. After each event through the series of obstacles, the pollywog must. King Neptune. All of the obstacles are meant to.
The brutality of the. Up into the 1. 98. Some sailors. lost their lives. Even visiting. In November. 1. 93. President Franklin Roosevelt endured the same harsh treatments when USS. Indianapolis crossed the Equator while he was on board. After a.
1944 domain of the golden dragon 12' x 9' wwii document certificate honoring soldiers that appeared on the theshold of the far east and. 1944 Dec 17th Domain of Golden Dragon International Date Line Certificate(HS) $24. The top of the certificate says 'Domain of the Golden Dragon', and beneath that it says ' Ruler of the 180th Meridian'. The British copies were printed by Gale & Polden Ltd. Portsmouth, England. I have mine in front of me.
There are. several types of line crossing Naval Fraternities. My father had the Order of the Blue Nose and. Order of the Golden Dragon. The Navy recognizes: The Order of the Blue Nose for. Arctic Circle. The Order of the Red Nose for. Antarctic Circle. The Order of the Golden Dragon.
International Date Line. The Order of the Ditch for.
Panama Canal. The Order of the Rock for sailors. Strait of Gibraltar. The Safari to Suez for sailors.
Suez Canal. The Golden Shellback for sailors. Equator crosses the International Date. Line. The Emerald Shellback or Royal. Diamond Shellback for sailors who cross at 0 degrees off the coast of West.
Africa (where the Equator crosses the Prime Meridian)The Realm of the Czars for. Black Sea. The Order of Magellan for sailors. The Order of the Lakes for.