United States. A Legion Of Merit, Legionnaire Grade Group, To Lieutenant Colonel Leclair, Jr., Artillery, United States Army Hold 57mm (x80mm including wreath suspension)

57mm (x80mm including wreath suspension)

1914 and was with her when the First World War began later that month but left her prior to her participation in the Battle of the Falklands

with light blue Waffenfarbe piping indicating Volunteer Turkestan Legion

one Box of Sterilized Cotton (label marked "Red Chain Brand

United States. A Legion Of Merit, Legionnaire Grade Group, To Lieutenant Colonel Leclair, Jr., Artillery, United States Army Hold 57mm (x80mm including wreath suspension)Legion of Merit, Legionnaire Grade in bronze gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, engraved "JOSEPH A. LECLAIR JR." on the reverse, measuring 48 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), intact enamels, original ribbon with brooch pinback, along with its 35. 5 mm (w) x 10 mm (h) ribbon bar with pinback, extremely fine. Accompanied by his Four Level Ribbon Bar (level one: Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster; level two: Bronze Star Medal, Joint Service Commendation