United States. A Cased Purple Heart Medal to Frank W. Kuss Auction 86 mm (w) x 16

86 mm (w) x 16

Commander's neck Cross (CBE)

on a grayish-green wool base

1963 at Ottawa)

the obverse centerpiece illustrating a standing helmeted woman dressed in robes

United States. A Cased Purple Heart Medal to Frank W. Kuss Auction 86 mm (w) x 16(Instituted August 7th 1782 by George Washington). Of two piece construction in the shape of a heart in bronze gilt and with purple, red, white, and green enamels, the obverse with a gilded leftward facing bust of George Washington affixed onto purple coloured and heart shaped enamels with the Coat of Arms of George Washington, consisting of a white enameled shield with two horizontally positioned red enameled bars and three horizontally positioned