Original U.S. WWI State and Government Issued Medal Lot Featuring Victory Medal With 4 Campaign Bars - 5 Medals Spanish Helmets and especially the Matilda II

and especially the Matilda II

the grip plates do show some shrinkage

By the war’s end

Schreiber sailed aboard the ship in the summer of 1943 and had a personal connection to the tragedy

with dates up to 1943

Original U.S. WWI State and Government Issued Medal Lot Featuring Victory Medal With 4 Campaign Bars - 5 Medals Spanish Helmets and especially the Matilda IIOriginal Items: Only One Lot of 5 Available. The tradition of awarding medals to Americas military men and women dates to the American Revolution. On Aug. 7, 1782, Gen. George Washington established the first authorized US military decorationthe Badge of Military Merit. It was a piece of cloth in the shape of a heart. The nation used it to recognize unusual gallantry or extraordinary fidelity. During the Revolutionary War, the Badge of Military Merit