Original U.S. WWI 28th Division Purple Heart Medal with Presentation Case & Research Paperwork - Extremely Low Number - Charles Austin Dille Original Machine Guns 000 were present for duty

000 were present for duty

1943 with an unknown discharge date

German manufacturer logos were sometimes stamped into the blade ricassos as were the armory inspection markings

This helmet also has separate rivets just for the chin strap in addition to the three holding in the liner

Original U.S. WWI 28th Division Purple Heart Medal with Presentation Case & Research Paperwork - Extremely Low Number - Charles Austin Dille Original Machine Guns 000 were present for dutyOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is the cased & engraved Purple Heart Medal of then Sergeant Charles Austin Dille, Company K, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division. Dille was wounded by a gunshot wound to the right leg on October 5th, 1918 while the 2nd Battalion attempted to take Hills 244 and 223 during the Meuse Argonne Offensive. After being wounded, Dille was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, and in a rare case, he returned to the same