United States. A Veterans Of Foreign Wars, Eighth Corps Medal For The Philippines, C.1905 Archive with drop tail

with drop tail

with patina & orgiinal ribbon with marked brooch

Footnote: These wings were made by applying an eagle insignia over a CPT Flight instructor win

obverse illustrating the radiant cross of St Stephen upon a crown and three hills from the Hungarian coat of arms within a ring inscribed "DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI" (Latin from the Roman poet Horace - It is Sweet and Fitting to Die for One's Country)

published by Spink & Son Limited of London in 1972

United States. A Veterans Of Foreign Wars, Eighth Corps Medal For The Philippines, C.1905 Archive with drop tailIn bronze with red, white and blue enamels, unmarked, measuring 31 mm (w) x 32. 5 mm (h), original ribbon, minor chipping evident in the red enamels inside the two loops on the number ""8"", near extremely fine. Footnote: The Veterans of Foreign Wars, also known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc., is an American veterans' organization established on September 29, 1899, whose membership consists of armed forces veterans who, as