WWI Purple Heart, “John H. Woodcock”, 107th FA, 28th Division

World War I Purple Heart, split brooch, hand-engraved “John H. Woodcock”, numbered “10069”.

Sergeant Woodcock, Battery F, 107th Field Artillery, 28th Division, was wounded in action on 6 September 1918 and received the Purple Heart in July 1932. Woodcock’s Victory Medal application notes service in the Oise-Aisne and Ypres-Lys campaigns as well as the 1st Army Defensive Sector.