France. A Medal For The War Wounded, Combatant's Issue Archive inside with a simulated brown

inside with a simulated brown leather sweatband

interlaced with gray threading giving definition to the chest and wings

Lowder was reduced to the rank of Private due to "inefficiency"

measuring 108 mm x 47 mm

this time with the 15th Infantry Battalion "48th Highlanders"

France. A Medal For The War Wounded, Combatant's Issue Archive inside with a simulated brownFrance; Bronze gilt with red enamels, the red star indicating an award to a combatant, unmarked, 35 mm (w) x 39. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its ball suspension, on its original combatant's ribbon, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Medal for the War Wounded was established by the law of December 11, 1916, based on an idea by the nationalist writer Maurice Barrs. Although originally established as a temporary measure, the insignia survived for a