Dave Posted November 3, 2015 Share #1 Posted November 3, 2015 The auction for this PH ended this evening, though I was curious about it before. I partially kick myself for not jumping in on it at the $499 BIN, but I couldn't justify it...it's really nothing I collect. But it was still really interesting. I've never seen WW1 engraving like this before...and then in a WW2 dated box to the guy as a Navy commander...but with a four digit number. I'd sure love to hear some thoughts on the medal. It's legit government engraving, at least as I see it, but not in the standard box one would see for a medal like this, and definitely not with WW2 postmarks. Quite an oddball! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted November 3, 2015 One more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted November 3, 2015 Sorry, forgot the pic of the brooch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted November 3, 2015 Looking at it again, I just assumed that "Commander" was in the Navy. Maybe that could have been a different title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empireguns Posted November 3, 2015 Share #5 Posted November 3, 2015 it says cpl. Inf on the medal, i was thinking Cmdr. might be a VFW rank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted November 3, 2015 it says cpl. Inf on the medal, i was thinking Cmdr. might be a VFW rank That idea just dawned on me as I was posting...I think you're on to something! Here's the link to the original auction: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW1-AEF-wound-medal-with-box-/262120239478 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom2001 Posted November 3, 2015 Share #7 Posted November 3, 2015 Look at the engraving of the A's. I'll bet the last two lines were added by a different engraver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted November 3, 2015 Look at the engraving of the A's. I'll bet the last two lines were added by a different engraver Good call Tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Magut Posted November 3, 2015 Share #9 Posted November 3, 2015 Corporal in 319th Infantry, 80th Div. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtA Posted November 3, 2015 Share #10 Posted November 3, 2015 I'd say standard named WW1 PH with "CPL-INF AEF" added unofficially by the vet after receiving it. Not sure the interesting address/box and additional engraving double the value (i.e., $499), but still very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtA Posted November 3, 2015 Share #11 Posted November 3, 2015 it says cpl. Inf on the medal, i was thinking Cmdr. might be a VFW rank Agree. A proper title would have "USN" after the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCR79 Posted November 3, 2015 Share #12 Posted November 3, 2015 Guys - A friend of mine owned this - I did the research for him - The "Commander" was in fact a VFW rank - Although this was interesting because of the box etc. there really is not much of a story here beyond what was turned up. R/Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaDave Posted November 3, 2015 Share #13 Posted November 3, 2015 I'm working from memory here, and won't be able see my copy till later today, but isn't this medal illustrated in "The Call of Duty" 2nd ed. ?? DakotaDave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermanus Posted November 3, 2015 Share #14 Posted November 3, 2015 Just a normal 1st production PH with some added engraving (CPL-INF, AEF). Somehow it was put in another small blue box. Ther brown carton adressed to the same person could have contained anything. Nothing fancy IMHO. regards Herman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaDave Posted November 3, 2015 Share #15 Posted November 3, 2015 I'm working from memory here, and won't be able see my copy till later today, but isn't this medal illustrated in "The Call of Duty" 2nd ed. ?? DakotaDave Got home and checked "The Call to Duty" by Strandberg and Bender and sure enough on page 174 of the 2nd edition is this same medal. I even have a margin note I made regarding the engraving being done by two different engravers due to obvious differences in the "hand" used to engrave the name versus the rest of the wording. DakotaDave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share #16 Posted November 3, 2015 Just a normal 1st production PH with some added engraving (CPL-INF, AEF). Somehow it was put in another small blue box. Ther brown carton adressed to the same person could have contained anything. Nothing fancy IMHO. regards Herman That was one of the things that made me wonder as well, as it should have been a BBB box. However, the number on the PH and the number on the box matched, so it was obviously intentionally done. I wonder if the guy sent it back to the PQMD to have it additionally engraved during the war??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share #17 Posted November 3, 2015 Got home and checked "The Call to Duty" by Strandberg and Bender and sure enough on page 174 of the 2nd edition is this same medal. I even have a margin note I made regarding the engraving being done by two different engravers due to obvious differences in the "hand" used to engrave the name versus the rest of the wording. DakotaDave Man, I didn't realize it was famous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermanus Posted November 4, 2015 Share #18 Posted November 4, 2015 That was one of the things that made me wonder as well, as it should have been a BBB box. However, the number on the PH and the number on the box matched, so it was obviously intentionally done. I wonder if the guy sent it back to the PQMD to have it additionally engraved during the war??? Thats it Dave.!! He (or someone close to him) probably did. The PQMD added the engraving, put it in a blue WW2 type box and shipped it to his home adress of 1942. Problem solved i think. Herman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted November 4, 2015 Share #19 Posted November 4, 2015 Perhaps the original box was badly crushed in shipment on the way to the PQMD and it was replaced. I find it somewhat unusual that a vet. would bother to return a named Purple Heart simply to have the additional info. added at Government expense. And, surprised the PQMD actually did it. Army Regs. for the Purple Heart was name only. Wharf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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