1953 10k GOLD CLASS RING PEEKSKILL MILITARY ACADEMY PEEKSKILL NY SIZE 7 1/2
$ 472.56
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GOLD MEN’S 10 KARAT GOLD SCHOOL RING GRADUATING CLASS OF 1953 PEEKSKILL MILITARY ACADEMY ESTATE OF EDWARD JAMES MARKO , ESQ . PROMINENT FT. LAUDERDALE LAWYER THIS 10 KARAT GOLD CLASS RING IS WITH A FACETED BLUE SYNTHETIC STONE INSET INTO THE CROWN (CHIPPING FROM WEAR); ONE SHANK BEARS THE AMERICAN EAGLE CLUTCHING SHIELD WITH THE YEAR 1953; THE OTHER SHANK BEARS THE ARMS OF PEEKSKILL MILITARY ACADEMY; THE CROWN IS ENCIRCLED BY THE SCHOOL NAME AND THE YEAR OF IT’S FOUNDING; INSIDE IS INSCRIBED THE NAME OF THE GRADUATE, EDWARD MARKO. THIS CLASS RING BELONGED TO: EDWARD JAMES MARKO, ESQ. (B. FLUSHING, NY IN 1934 – D. FT. LAUDERDALE, FL IN 2017), MARKO WAS A PROMINENT LONG-TIME FORT LAUDERDALE ATTORNEY AND GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR 42 YEARS, MARKO GRADUATED PEEKSKILL MILITARY ACADEMY 1953, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 1957, AND MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW 1962. THROUGHOUT HIS LONG LEGAL CAREER HE RECEIVED COUNTLESS AWARDS AND HONORS. THE RING IS FROM THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1953 OF THE PEEKSKILL MILITARY ACADEMY . PEEKSKILL WAS A MILITARY ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, FOUNDED IN 1833 AND WAS LOCATED IN PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK. THE ACADEMY WAS BUILT BY A HANGING TREE WHERE A BRITISH SPY WAS EXECUTED IN 1777. DURING THE 1960S, THE NEW YORK JETS FOOTBALL TEAM USED THE ACADEMY AND ITS PLAYING FIELD AS A SUMMER TRAINING CAMP. AMONG ITS NOTABLE GRADUATES WAS FRANK L. BAUM, AUTHOR OF THE WIZARD OF OZ , AND ACTOR LEE MARVIN. WEIGHS 12.5 GRAMS 1OK GOLD SIZE 7 1/2
