United States. A World War I Victory Medal, Atlantic Fleet Archive A fine quality manufacture 1864-1935

A fine quality manufacture 1864-1935 Issue Saxe-Gotha/Altenburg Ernestine House Order Knight’s Cross Second Class with Swords (Sachse-Ernestinische Hausorden Ritterkreuz II Klasse mit Schwerter)

along with Juan Bautista Alberdi

with a gilt metal (magnetic) frame and a metal backer (magnetic)

suspension on this example had been cut-off

having the toe dressed daily until March 4th 1916" (when it later became infected at Aldershot Camp in Belgium)

United States. A World War I Victory Medal, Atlantic Fleet Archive A fine quality manufacture 1864-19351 Clasp ATLANTIC FLEET. In bronze, measuring 36 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback, scattered surface wear, near extremely fine. Accompanied by its 33. 5 mm (w) x 10. 3 mm (h) Ribbon Bar with bronze star, pinback. Footnote: The World War I Victory Medal is a service medal of the United States military which was first created in 1919, designed by James Earle Fraser. The medal was originally intended to be created due to an act of the United States