2007年6月18日 · My grandfather recently gave me some items that once belonged to a distant relative, about whom I know very little. Among them is this WWI victory medal with three clasps: Overseas, Verdun, and St. Mihiel. There are also four bronze service stars - two smaller than the others - and two ribbons.

2012年7月12日 · There are also other General Orders in 1919, prior to the medal being available, and it is also in two annual reports to the AGO, The list go on , Colonel Robert E. Wyllie also oversaw the designing of the Victory Medal and the Victory button for the Fine Art Commission mentions the Defensive sector clasp, he also one of te person who formed ...

2021年10月22日 · Pictured are the the official battle bars of the Navy, on the left and Army, on the right. Also a 32nd Infantry Division medal with a Silver Star. Above the medal is a five star ribbon with a large Silver Star, which could have been issued to a few different units.. Big or small I’m not sure the soldier cared. He had one.

2010年6月27日 · The typical receipt for a WW1 Victory medal application was illustrated in my Forum posting of 21 Nov. 2009. That veteran, Corp. Frank C. George, served in the 103 Field Signal Battalion of the 28th Division. An example of a non-typical Victory Medal clasp combination was illustrated in my Forum posting of 6 Nov. 2009.

2007年3月24日 · This Victory Medal was earned by Cpl. Neil S. Shannon, 97th Company, 6th Marines, 4th Marine Bde., 2nd ID. Cpl. Shannon was severly wounded on June 6th, 1918 during the fierce fighting for Bouresche on the first day of the battle for Belleau Wood.

2021年4月22日 · There is an excellent collectors guide available; World War I Victory Medals With the History of the United States Victory Medal by James P. Michels Jr. which has excellent descriptions as well and photographs of the medals and …

2024年1月26日 · Source: World War I Victory Medals with the History of the United States Victory Medal - Expanded Edition by James P. Michels Jr. atb Posted January 27, 2024

2024年6月12日 · In the second card, do his dates of 10-21-18 to Det Third Naval District, to duty "Leviathan" automatically qualify him for the clasp? His service file lists the WWI Victory Medal but doesn't reflect a clasp or a bronze service star but that may be normal. See cards and pic of the roster. I'd appreciate any assistance.

2012年1月24日 · Anyone who collects American WWI or state medals in general has probably run into a group with a French WWI Victory. Over the years, I've wondered about the mechanism for these medals, which were theoretically not to be awarded to Allied soldiers, appearing in American groups, especially noticeable in 27th Division groups, in my experience.

2020年3月22日 · The WWI Victory medal shown is one for the 3rd Infantry Division. To answer the question, yes, the other five were awarded to the 2nd Division AEF. I do have a question about the vet's return home. Are you sure he was in a CASUALTY company as opposed to a CASUAL company? Most soldiers would have gone home in a CASUAL company.