Cuba, Republic. A First War Inter-Allied Victory Medal, By Adrien Chobillon certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Josef Gerstmann was born

Footnote: Josef Gerstmann was born on July 22

FH18 Howitzers

marked Sterling - Birks

where the attending physician described the severity of the injury: "a fragment struck the eye in (the) internal ciliary region penetrating to and lodging in the vitreous

The thick black leather washer at the crossguard junction is slightly scuffed but is intact

Cuba, Republic. A First War Inter-Allied Victory Medal, By Adrien Chobillon certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Josef Gerstmann was bornIn bronze, maker marked "AC" within a triangle (Adrien Chobillon) and marked "BRONZE" on the edge, engraver marked "C. Charles" on the obverse, measuring 35. 7 mm in diameter, original ribbon, very light contact, extremely fine. Footnote: Cuba declared war on Germany one day after the United States in 1917. A draft was enacted, and 25,000 soldiers were sent overseas to France. Chobillon was the official manufacturer of Cuban Victory medals in France