Original U.S. WWI 79th Division Engraved Purple Heart Medal Grouping to Austrian-Born Jew - Reported Missing in Meuse-Argonne - Morris L. Leschkowitz Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia 5 inch x 7 inch

5 inch x 7 inch Army Signal Corps photo of Yingst being presented his Silver Star medal by Major General Charles L

as well as separation of the white rayon

The flat leather visor is original to the hat

Later in life he is quoted as saying “If I had been ordered to bomb New York or Washington in order to end the war

Original U.S. WWI 79th Division Engraved Purple Heart Medal Grouping to Austrian-Born Jew - Reported Missing in Meuse-Argonne - Morris L. Leschkowitz Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia 5 inch x 7 inchOriginal Items. One of a Kind. This is the Purple Heart medal grouping of Private Morris Louis Leschkowitz, Company L, 316th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, who was severely wounded in action on September 28th, 1918 during the Meuse Argonne Offensive. Leschkowitz was born in Galicia, Austria, in 1889, immigrating to the U. S. at a young age. From his Jewish Servicemans Questionnaire, we can see that he received a severe gunshot wound to the left