Badge, Membership
Object number2009.5.6
Manufacturer
St. Louis Button Company
Date1930-1939
OriginSt. Louis, MO
Mediumvarious metals; silk
Credit LineGift of William J. Geyer
DescriptionBadge with yellow silk ribbon.Dimensions5.875 x 1.75 in. (14.9 x 4.4 cm)InscriptionsPrinted in black on obverse: "Committee".
Circular medal hanging down from plate has embossed text around center, "DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS / WORLD WAR".
MarksEmbossed text on back of suspended medal "ST. LOUIS / BUTTON CO."
Historical NotesRibbon worn by Christopher Schroll, possibly during a Disabled American Veterans convention. From a collection of items from the donor's deceased neighbor, Christopher Schroll, who served in the First World War. Chris enlisted at the age of 23 in 1917 and was discharged in May of 1919. During the war, he fought in France primarily in the St. Mihiel Offensive, Argonne Meuse (where he was gassed), Toul Sector, and the Morray Offensive. He was honorably discharged but disabled from multiple shelling concussions and ear damage. He never married and continued to live with his two younger brothers, who also never married.
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Christopher Schroll
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