An antique Captain Charles Vernon Gridley memorial handkerchief with the printed on silk portrait of Charles V. Gridley surrounded by military motifs and the banner reading Honor the Brave Steve Gridley Did His Duty, with a stitched on red white blue border. Circa the late 19th century. Charles Vernon Gridley, 1844 to 1898, was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish American War. Antique American Armed Forces History Collectibles.