Original U.S. WWI 79th Division Engraved Purple Heart Medal Grouping to Austrian-Born Jew - Reported Missing in Meuse-Argonne - Morris L. Leschkowitz Japanese Uniforms Smith was born in 1896

Smith was born in 1896

and at some later point fully restored

The front of the barrel has had the original "pinched" front sight replaced with what looks to be a fabricated blade sight

3 Since he expected a quick return to Petrograd

In great shape overall with a still working hinge

Original U.S. WWI 79th Division Engraved Purple Heart Medal Grouping to Austrian-Born Jew - Reported Missing in Meuse-Argonne - Morris L. Leschkowitz Japanese Uniforms Smith was born in 1896Original Items. One of a Kind. This is the Purple Heart medal grouping of Private Morris Louis Leschkowitz, Company L, 316th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, who was severely wounded in action on September 28th, 1918 during the Meuse Argonne Offensive. Leschkowitz was born in Galicia, Austria, in 1889, immigrating to the U. S. at a young age. From his Jewish Servicemans Questionnaire, we can see that he received a severe gunshot wound to the left