measuring 31 mm x 21 mm
The document is dated to Zhytomyr (Ukraine) in September 1943 and comes from the SS Grenadier Training Battalion “Ost” (East)
Returned to duty
HMS Victoria collided with HMS Campertown near Tripoli
a Typed Note Accompanying the Knife (written by his mother
United States. A Purple Heart To Private First Class Butler, 66Th Armored Regiment, Kia At The Battle Of Aachen Newly Listed measuring 31 mm x 21Purple Heart (in bronze gilt with purple, red, white and green enamels, number impressed "459 504" on the edge, engraved "JOSEPH T. BUTLER" on the reverse, measuring 34. 5 mm (w) x 43. 5 mm (h), original ribbon with brooch pinback, intact enamels, 36 mm (w) x 11 mm (h) ribbon bar with pinback and 17 mm (w) x 3. 5 mm enamelled ribbon bar with buttonhole attachment, the latter maker marked "A. E. CO. UTICA, N. Y." on the reverse, in their hardshelled