Brazil, Kingdom. A Rare First War Victory Medal, Official Type II Province of China and having served sixteen months

and having served sixteen months in the French theatre

a sculptor

obverse centre exhibiting an engraved figure of St

He worked as commanding General of the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot until his retirement as a Brigadier General in 1951

the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a laurel branch

Brazil, Kingdom. A Rare First War Victory Medal, Official Type II Province of China and having served sixteen monthsInstituted June 22, 1923. An Official Type II Brazilian Victory Medal, in bronze, with J. S. Initials on lower limb of rays below angles wing tip denoting Jorge Soubre, reverse depicts the arms of the Allied nations, those of Brazil are found in the centre, with the inscription; GRANDE GUERRA PELA CIVILISACAO (Great War for Civilisation), measures 35. 18 mm (w) x 39. 37 mm (h), worn on replacement period ribbon, dark patina, very fine. Footnote: