Original U.S. WWI 36th Division Engraved Purple Heart & Victory Medal Grouping - 142nd Infantry Regiment Books & Films the British army issued brown

the British army issued brown leather jerkins to the troops as a measure to protect against the cold but to allow freedom of movement

with some areas of flaking and oxidation

but because of rough seas

An inaccurate and informal interpretation of the lower right section by several veterans and groups of the 10th describe that section as follows

a boarding by HMS Armada in 1952

Original U.S. WWI 36th Division Engraved Purple Heart & Victory Medal Grouping - 142nd Infantry Regiment Books & Films the British army issued brownOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a fantastic medal grouping to Private First Class Millard C. Townsend, Headquarters Company, 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Division. Townsend was wounded severely during the Meuse Argonne Offensive on October 26th, 1918. The grouping comes with Townsends boxed Purple Heart as well as his U. S. WWI Victory Medal and a few pages of research. Townsends Purple Heart is numbered 201469, and has a WWII era brooch, so