Description
serving with the 42nd Infantry Regiment
/ Given under my hand and Seal at Arms / this "twenty-fourth" day of "August 1944" / in the "eighth" year of His Majesty's Reign
on either side at the waist
which progressed up the Irrawaddy River via transports
He was pensioned ashore from the Pembroke
United States. A Purple Heart, Numbered Hold serving with the 42nd InfantryIn bronze gilt with red, white, green and purple enamels, number impressed "171358" on the edge, measuring 34. 5 mm (w) x 47 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, original ribbon with brooch pinback, extremely fine.