United States. A Second World War Numbered Purple Heart By Rex Products, 1942. Auction they landed in France

they landed in France

Canadian Artillery and thirteen months with the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion

finely engraved

Mabel Clarke (who worked in Hilden Hospital as a Voluntary Aid Detachment volunteer)

23 Casualty Clearing Station

United States. A Second World War Numbered Purple Heart By Rex Products, 1942. Auction they landed in FranceComposed of bronze gilt, with white, red and green enamelling and a purple polished phenolic resin, rim numbered 153382 on lower left side, measures 34. 8mm (w) x 47. 4mm (h), weighs 37. 9 grams (including ribbon), worn on original ribbon with slot style brooch, light chipping to resin heart around the exterior, light contact to reverse, overall very fine condition. Footnote: The 1942 Rex Products Purple Hearts serial numbers range from 100,000 to