United States. A First World War Purple Heart To George W. Schuster United Republic of with the enamels worn

with the enamels worn

63 mm (w) x 67

scattered gilt wear and oxidation spotting

obverse illustrating thirteen sailors standing in front of a building

United States. A First World War Purple Heart To George W. Schuster United Republic of with the enamels wornLikely of Bailey, Biddle & Banks manufacture, this purple heart is in bronze gilt and enamels, the obverse presenting a left facing bust of George Washington on a purple enamelled heart, the reverse is privately engraved GEORGE W. SCHUSTER, the left rim is numbered 17598, worn on an original ribbon with split wrap brooch and a horizontal pin with a lock catch, measures 34. 5mm (w) x 46. 1mm (h inclusive of the integral suspension), weighs 35. 7 grams