United States. A Purple Heart Medal to Drill Instructor Elmer Theodore Malymick Auction Archive with an integrated hinge and

with an integrated hinge and a standard double-claw bar

Type 4 (silver gilt with red and white enamels

maker marked below with HOENE

the armband is bordered by golden cello threads

United States. A Purple Heart Medal to Drill Instructor Elmer Theodore Malymick Auction Archive with an integrated hinge and(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