Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

U.S.A., Purple Heart. enamelled, reverse hand engraved, ‘Michael Wess’, slot brooch, extremely fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Named and Attributable American Medal Groups.

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36303094 Private Michael Wess, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, was killed/died, 12 June 1944. Buried at the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France. He entered service from Illinois.

With modern photograph of Wess’s headstone; together with riband bar, small U.S.A. flag, one cloth and three metal badges for display purposes.

This lot is sold as seen and is not subject to return. Please see saleroom notice on lot 280 for fuller details.