Original U.S. WWI Numbered Distinguished Service Cross with Case Conflict which took a direct hit

which took a direct hit

At the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812 Lieutenant William Pearce of the 2nd battalion captured the French Imperial Eagle of the French 62nd Regiment

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and conducted the activities of Army aviation until World War I

Original U.S. WWI Numbered Distinguished Service Cross with Case Conflict which took a direct hitOriginal Item: One of a kind. During World War One there were 6,309 recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross. The breakdown for each brans was as follows: 5,429 Army 319 Army Air Service 357 Marine Corps 43 Navy 154 Foreign Service Members 7 Civilian The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military award that can be given to a member of the United States Army (and previously the United States Air Force) for extreme gallantry and