Chester Nez Navajo Black Onyx Sterling Silver Bracelet

Gorgeous sterling silver Navajo black onyx bracelet signed by Chester Nez (See short bio below). Simplistic detail makes this bracelet perfect for every day wear.
Inner circumference measures 5.5 inches without the gap. Gap measures 1.25 inches.
Sterling Silver
ABOUT CHESTER NEZChester Nez was an American veteran of World War II. He was the last original Navajo code talker who served in the United States Marine Corps during the war. Nez was the last remaining of the original 29 Navajos recruited by the Marine Corps to develop the legendary code that was used for vital communications during battle. He was a teenager when he was recruited in 1942 and assigned with the other code talkers to the Marine Corps' 382nd Platoon at Camp Pendleton. Together, they created a code, including developing a dictionary. Military authorities chose Navajo as a code language because its syntax and tonal qualities were almost impossible for a non-Navajo to learn, and it had no written form. The ranks of the Navajo code talkers swelled to more than 300 by the end of the war in 1945.The code talkers were forbidden from telling anyone about it -- not their fellow Marines, not their families -- until their work was declassified in 1968. The original 29 were presented with the Congressional Gold Medal in 2001 by President George W. Bush. Chester Nez passed away June 4, 2014.