Medal, Purple Heart, Pvt. Herman Schwamenfeld, Co. I., 18th Inf. Regt., 1st Infantry Division, WIA, Belgium
Nice genuine WWII US Purple Heart Medal, coming in its original case with ribbon bar and lapel badge.
Name Herman Schwamenfeld has been engraved on the reverse.
Great homogeneous set, in very good overall condition.
Herman Schwamenfeld was born on January 1st, 1911 in New York and joined the US Army on March 31, 1944 (ASN 42126947). He went on to serve with Company I, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division and deployed to Europe, where he was wounded by shrapnel in the shoulder in November 1944. Discharged on April 11, 1946 as a Private, he passed away August 30, 1977.
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/215773151/herman-schwamenfeld
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