US Army Medals

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and rare New Jersey First Defender medal issued to Private William H. Atkinson, 3rd New Jersey Volunteers. This medal was awarded only to volunteers who heeded Lincoln's earliest call to join the Union Army. Many states...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I United States Army American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) grouping. The grouping includes a named sports medal in a velvet-lined case and an individual photo of Captain F. Eliot Adams, the captain of the recipient team. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a lot of medals and insignia from the Wisconsin National Guard. It includes gold shooting medal named for Seargant Charles Hoffman, a sharpshooter medal, a 5-year service medal named for Charles Hoffman and four pieces of insignia...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930-1931 United States Army 1st Infantry Division Leadership award medal made by Robbins Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts. The 1st Infantry Division, or the "Big Red One", was organized in 1917 and has been in continuous...

ARTIFACT: This is a mint World War II vintage American Campaign medal in its original box. The front of the medal shows a ship, sub and a plane against a skyline, and the reverse shows an eagle. The box bears a Heckethorn Manufacturing & Supply Company...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II United States medal grouping for Technical Sergeant T(uffield). T. Patnoe. Patnoe was in Company M, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. The grouping includes Patnoe's Silver Star and its case, his Purple...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare World War I service medal from Hamilton, Massachusetts along with its original box. The medal is on a red, white and blue ribbon and the bar reads PRO PATRIA. The medal shows a bust of Alexander Hamilton, which is also the...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Army Chief Commander Legion of Merit breast star, an award usually bestowed upon either chiefs of state or heads of government, native or foreign, for exceptionally meritorious behavior. The star has five points and...

ARTIFACT: This is a Civil War-era Massachusetts Minuteman medal belonging to Private Walter B. Berry. Private Berry served with the Company L 6th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia on a three month campaign and then also in Company D 33rd...

ARTIFACT: This is a named medal grouping belonging to United States Army Lieutenant Ernest W. Hinchcliffe of Battalion C, 113th Field Artillery, 30th Division of Stoneham, Massachusetts. The grouping includes five medals and one bar: one numbered...

ARTIFACT: This is an early Mexican Service solid silver ribbon bar enameled in yellow, blue and green. The award itself was instituted in 1917 but was awarded to any soldier who participated in campaigns against Mexican forces from 1911 to 1919, or...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I State of New Jersey Service medal. The medal hangs from a blue and gold ribbon with a bar at the top reading NEW JERSEY. The reverse of the medal reads FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO ITS CITIZENS WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD...