Any Old Salt out there who might know the ancestery of a WW-II Plaque I have please contact me w/ the info. 8-3/4" W X 13" H Mahogany Shield w/ cast shield "Twenty One" and Lion Holding spear; cast ribbon below w/ "Solomons Onward". Will send .jpg of plaque to anyone helping to identify. Final disposition of plaque is to go to any Navy Historical Org. Any Suggestions welcome.

Thanks for the help,

Art aallington@verizon.net

Go here: "http://www.history.navy.mil/index.html"

This is an official Navy site that ties into the Navy Museum at the Washington Navy Yard.

Someone there may be able to help, and would in all probability take it off your hands.

Whether or not it gets displayed would be another matter.

Google "Destroyer Squadron 21" for your answer. (I got it on the second try after trying "Amphibious Squadron 21").

This it?

I actually got there from whyworry's post, but I was already thinking Google. They have contact info on their website. Maybe they would be interested in having such a relic.

Good information here…. On both links… Real Tin Can Sailors serving “in” the “Hunting Dogs” of the Sea.

XXX…http://www.destroyerhistory.org/desron21/index.html…XXX

XXX…http://dd450.com/Destroyer_Squadron_21.html…XXX

TMC-SW-RET: Yes, your patch is quite similar with the exception of no "Destroyer Squadron" ribbon, just the "Twenty One / Lion" cast plaque and the "Solomons Onward" ribbon below.

Thanks to all who responded; I'll contact a Navy site to find a new home for the paque.