Two First War American Medals Newly Listed Its official name is the

Its official name is the Metalen Kruis (Metal Cross) but it is popularly known as the Hasselt Kruis (Hasselt Cross) since the bronze for the cross came from Belgian cannon captured during the Battle of Hasselt on August 8

With non-matching hangers

and then again into a flat knot

numbered 13017

a Booklet Entitled "1st Lieutenant's Standing Orders - H

Two First War American Medals Newly Listed Its official name is theWorld War I Victory Medal (bronze gilt, 36 mm, missing its ring and ribbon); and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Great War Commemorative Medal (bronze gilt, 31. 7 mm, suspended from a pinback hanger inscribed "OUR COUNTRY", maker marked "W. & H. CO. NEWARK, N. J." (Whitehead & Hoag) on the reverse of both the medal and the hanger). Both medals with scattered gilt wear, contact marks and spotting, very fine. (C: 127)