Original U.S. WWII Numbered Purple Heart Medal in Original Presentation Case - #453559 Manufacture Type_Original Items loading the extension-type driving spring

loading the extension-type driving spring while the recoiling mechanism completes its rearward stroke

This is a very nice set of German WWII Wehrmacht Medical Service Generalstabsarzt's (Staff-Surgeon General's) Schulterstücken (Shoulderboards) with a single star in line with a Rod of Asclepius (Universal Medical Symbol)

Army's 9th Armoured Division reached the Ludendorff Bridge during the closing weeks of World War II and were very surprised to see that the railroad bridge was still standing

Each pouch is in excellent unissued condition with functional brass lift-the-dot snaps

which is also worn and faint

Original U.S. WWII Numbered Purple Heart Medal in Original Presentation Case - #453559 Manufacture Type_Original Items loading the extension-type driving springOriginal Item. Only One Available. Original Item: Only One Available. The Purple Heart (PH) is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5 April 1917, with the U. S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U. S. military members. The