Description
(1914-1918 issue)
dated "1940" and size stamped "56" on the underside on the right
Knie was initially dispatched to Italy for a few months where he had no enemy contact
He had served in the Militia with the 4th East Surrey Regiment and was discharged by purchase
1915 (meaning a loss of six months seniority: mid-1917 to mid-1920)
A Fine American Dsm Grouping To Colonel William Randolph Winslow Auction (1914-1918 issue)Distinguished Service Medal (bronze gilt, engraved "WILLIAM R. WINSLOW" on the reverse, numbered 8628, 32 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback, accompanied by its 10. 5 mm x 36. 5 mm Ribbon Bar and its 3. 8 mm x 17. 2 mm Enamelled Ribbon Bar, along with an award card from Brigadier General Roland Walsh, Army Service Forces in Philadelphia, in its hardshelled case of issue, marked "DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL" on the lid); Bronze Star Medal (bronze,