United States. A Posthumously Awarded Purple Heart Medal to USS Reid Seaman 2nd Class James R. Ott Auction Archive arriving in the United Kingdom

arriving in the United Kingdom on July 27th

Saskatchewan on April 1

There is a stamp from a Lazarett (Military Hospital)

and the Officer’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit on August 12

After the initial sweeping deployment of soldiers

United States. A Posthumously Awarded Purple Heart Medal to USS Reid Seaman 2nd Class James R. Ott Auction Archive arriving in the United KingdomA posthumously awarded Purple Heart medal grouping to USS Reid Seaman 2nd Class James Roland Ott, consisting of: 1. A cased and named Purple Heart. Instituted August 7th 1782 by George Washington. (1945 issue). This Purple Heart is of two piece construction in the shape of a heart in bronze gilt and with purple, red, white, and green enamels, the obverse with a gilded leftward facing bust of George Washington affixed onto purple coloured and heart