Canada. A British War Medal To Belletta Paulson, Chicago Unit Nursing Staff, Base Hospital No.12 (Usa) Archive inscription and signature in blue

inscription and signature in blue ink on the reverse

mostly connected to a foot injury Hoffmann sustained in May of 1938

marked with the "RAJD" inverted triangle insignia and maker marked "A

and was later proprietor of The Beacon at St

as embroidered on this banner

Canada. A British War Medal To Belletta Paulson, Chicago Unit Nursing Staff, Base Hospital No.12 (Usa) Archive inscription and signature in blueCanada. A British War Medal to Belletta Paulson, Chicago Unit Nursing Staff, Base Hospital No. 12 (United States Army), No. 18 General Hospital at Etaples; (B. PAULSON.). Naming is officially impressed. Replacement ribbon, dark patina, near extremely fine. Footnote: Belletta Paulson graduated from the Illinois Training School for Nurses in 1914. After the United States joined the First World War in April 1917, nurses were recruited to serve overseas.