United States. A Purple Heart Medal to Drill Instructor Elmer Theodore Malymick Province of China 1914 Star with clasp

1914 Star with clasp

acid-etched imagery consisting of central fouled anchors topped by German State Crowns

1943 at Headquarters

on a violet wool base

United States. A Purple Heart Medal to Drill Instructor Elmer Theodore Malymick Province of China 1914 Star with clasp(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