A Purple Heart To John Maloney Who Was Killed In Action During A Kamikaze Attack Auction Archive 222nd and 226th Battalions provided

222nd and 226th Battalions provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field

traces of gilt remains on the lightning bolts

very well made and impressive plaque

marked “55”

1808 – January 9

A Purple Heart To John Maloney Who Was Killed In Action During A Kamikaze Attack Auction Archive 222nd and 226th Battalions providedTwo piece construction, bronze gilt and enamels, engraved "JOHN MALONEY" on the reverse, 35. 2 mm x 43. 5 mm, bronze oak leaf cluster on an original ribbon with brooch pinback, intact enamels, near mint. Footnote: John Maloney was serving with the United States Army 1889th Support Group as an Engineer, Aviation Battery, when he was Killed in Action on January 12, 1945, while aboard the Liberty Class cargo ship SS Kyle V. Johnson, as the result of a