United States. A World War I Victory Medal, Two Clasps Archive obverse illustrating a griffin holding

obverse illustrating a griffin holding a harp

responsible for many building projects

which took place between 1846 and 1942

obverse illustrating the right-facing bust of Franz Joseph I above an open-ended centred by a "I"

the Kyffhäuser memorial

United States. A World War I Victory Medal, Two Clasps Archive obverse illustrating a griffin holdingDEFENSIVE SECTOR, YPRES LYS. In bronze, measuring 36 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback, surface wear, contact marks, fine. Accompanied by its 35 mm (w) x 10. 5 mm (h) Ribbon Bar with bronze star, pinback. Footnote: The World War I Victory Medal is a service medal of the United States military which was first created in 1919, designed by James Earle Fraser. The medal was originally intended to be created due to an act of the United States