Original U.S. WWI Gold Star Mother’s Pilgrimage Medal for Pilgrimage to Europe - Mrs. Ruth Warren of Kansas - Private Jerry Allen Warren, Died of Pneumonia Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets with shaped wooden scales secured

with shaped wooden scales secured by two large dome headed rivets

[14] After the deaths of Sanjurjo

made by the well-known Solingen-based firm of Hermann Rath

The “barbell” type fastening bar is unfortunately missing and the points of the top center star are bent inwards slightly

a nice SHAEF patch

Original U.S. WWI Gold Star Mother’s Pilgrimage Medal for Pilgrimage to Europe - Mrs. Ruth Warren of Kansas - Private Jerry Allen Warren, Died of Pneumonia Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets with shaped wooden scales securedOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a very scarce medal, the first of its kind we have ever offered on its own. During the 1920s, the Gold Star Mothers' Association lobbied for a federally sponsored pilgrimage to Europe for mothers with sons buried overseas. Although many of the women who belonged to the organization had visited their sons' graves, they realized that women often could not afford the trip to Europe. In their testimony, these women