United States. A First World War Purple Heart To George W. Schuster United Republic of the lid liner maker marked

the lid liner maker marked “GLASER & SOHN

53 mm knurled pin

along with the 101st Airborne Division perfected new tactics and doctrine for helicopter-borne assaults over the next five years in Vietnam

surface wear on the obverse

the obverse with a monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm I

United States. A First World War Purple Heart To George W. Schuster United Republic of the lid liner maker markedLikely of Bailey, Biddle & Banks manufacture, this purple heart is in bronze gilt and enamels, the obverse presenting a left facing bust of George Washington on a purple enamelled heart, the reverse is privately engraved GEORGE W. SCHUSTER, the left rim is numbered 17598, worn on an original ribbon with split wrap brooch and a horizontal pin with a lock catch, measures 34. 5mm (w) x 46. 1mm (h inclusive of the integral suspension), weighs 35. 7 grams