United States. A Purple Heart To Private First Class Butler, 66Th Armored Regiment, Kia At The Battle Of Aachen Newly Listed By the middle of 1854

By the middle of 1854

measuring 31 mm x 21 mm

1896 in Arnprior

Houghton was appointed Acting Captain in 1941 and was one of eleven members of the Interdepartmental Committee and Awards Co-Ordination Committee in 1942

In original wooden fitted case of issue

United States. A Purple Heart To Private First Class Butler, 66Th Armored Regiment, Kia At The Battle Of Aachen Newly Listed By the middle of 1854Purple Heart (in bronze gilt with purple, red, white and green enamels, number impressed "459 504" on the edge, engraved "JOSEPH T. BUTLER" on the reverse, measuring 34. 5 mm (w) x 43. 5 mm (h), original ribbon with brooch pinback, intact enamels, 36 mm (w) x 11 mm (h) ribbon bar with pinback and 17 mm (w) x 3. 5 mm enamelled ribbon bar with buttonhole attachment, the latter maker marked "A. E. CO. UTICA, N. Y." on the reverse, in their hardshelled