Canada. A British War Medal To Belletta Paulson, Chicago Unit Nursing Staff, Base Hospital No.12 (Usa) Auction 14 mm x 54

14 mm x 54

Leichte Munitions-Kolonne 739 (Lightweight Ammunition Column)

likely for added comfort

a tab with a smooth finished brown upper reverse stitched in place on the underside at the right end

maker marked "M" over "S S" inside a shield and framed within a twelve-pointed sunburst on the intact clip

Canada. A British War Medal To Belletta Paulson, Chicago Unit Nursing Staff, Base Hospital No.12 (Usa) Auction 14 mm x 54Canada. A British War Medal to Belletta Paulson, Chicago Unit Nursing Staff, Base Hospital No. 12 (United States Army), No. 18 General Hospital at Etaples; (B. PAULSON.). Naming is officially impressed. Replacement ribbon, dark patina, near extremely fine. Footnote: Belletta Paulson graduated from the Illinois Training School for Nurses in 1914. After the United States joined the First World War in April 1917, nurses were recruited to serve overseas.