United States. A Silver & Bronze Star, Purple Heart Group, 9Th Infantry Division, United States Army, 1945 Archive and stones

and stones

wire side hook (Drahtseitenhaken)

tarnishing of the bronze gilt elements

Included too - and in great profusion - are the men from the Dominions of what was then both Commonwealth and Empire

United States. A Silver & Bronze Star, Purple Heart Group, 9Th Infantry Division, United States Army, 1945 Archive and stonesSilver Star (two piece construction, silver star placed upon a bronze gilt star shaped base, engraved "LEWIS D. HUDSON" on the reverse, measuring 36. 3 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), original ribbon with brooch pinback); Bronze Star Medal (in bronze, engraved "LEWIS D. HUDSON" on the reverse, measuring 36. 8 mm (w) x 35. 3 mm (h), oak leaf cluster on its original ribbon with brooch pinback); and Purple Heart (two piece construction, in bronze gilt with red,