United States. A Spanish-American War Group To The 4Th Illinois Regiment GTRexclude two horizontal bars above and

two horizontal bars above and the box framing the aforementioned insignias in angled rolled gold-coloured bullion wire

Footnote: Private Charles William Hurst

1) The Paratrooper Loyalty Necklace in its period case

The second document indicates that he was training with the Luftschutzverbund to fight house fires in 1939   NSDAP Membership Card of Helene 1935 edition: 48 pages

United States. A Spanish-American War Group To The 4Th Illinois Regiment GTRexclude two horizontal bars above andA Spanish American War Group to W. T. Vaughn 4th Regiment of Illinois, United States Volunteers Army Spanish War Service Medal (bronze, numbered "29215" on the edge, 33. 5 mm, on original ribbon with brooch pinback); Army of Cuban Occupation Medal 1898 1902 (bronze, numbered "8442" on the edge, 33. 5 mm, on original ribbon, sewn together at the ends); Spanish American War Badge (silver, unmarked, inscribed "1898 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR FOR HUMANITY'S