United States. A First World War Purple Heart To George W. Schuster Buy Now measuring 85 mm (w) x

measuring 85 mm (w) x 107 mm (h)

marked “W” on reverse bottom left (for Ferdinand Wiedmann

circa 1960-1970

It was His Majesty

measuring 75 mm (w) x 53 mm (h)

United States. A First World War Purple Heart To George W. Schuster Buy Now measuring 85 mm (w) xLikely 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