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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 483

(x) The Purple Heart, Bronze Star group of three awarded to J. H. Maxwell, United States Army, 4th Armored Division

United States of America, Purple Heart (Jack H. Maxwell) with oak leaf cluster to riband; Bronze Star (Jack H Maxwell), with oak leaf cluster to riband (2), each in case of issue with corresponding riband bar and lapel badge, one riband bar missing oak leaves, good very fine throughout (3)

Jack H. Maxwell’s obituary is reproduced below:

“Jack H. Maxwell, 72, of Lancaster, formerly of New Cumberland, died Thursday in Lebanon Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

He retired from the former Navy Ships Parts Control Center, Hampden Twp.; was a Army veteran of World War II and recipient of two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart; and a member of VFW Post 7415, New Cumberland, the Disabled American Veterans and the Fourth Armored Division Association.

Surviving are his former wife, Katherine L. Maxwell of Camp Hill; four sons, Gary L. Maxwell of Lancaster, Jack E. Maxwell of New Cumberland, Wayne Maxwell of Banner, Ky., and Richard E. Glace of Newport; three sisters, Patricia Parthemore and Jean Maxwell, both of Linglestown, and Phyllis Etter of Middletown; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Neill Funeral Home, Paxtang. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Lower Paxton Twp.”

Sold together with sixteen editions of the Fourth Armored Division Association magazine ‘Rolling Together’, dating from 1974 to 1983 and newspaper clipping of obituary.


Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£70 to £90

Starting price
£60