Dec. 2023 Militaria & Collectibles Auction
Lot 35:
Description
WWI Distinguished Service Cross Recipient Medal / Dog Tag Group of Colonel Rudolph Ursprung, 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division. He would go on to serve in the 37th in WWII as a Colonel as well. The Mexican Border Medal (#583) traces to a different Captain. All of the items are well worn, some appeared to have been mounted on a display that didn’t age well. Comes with numerous paper copies of his records. This auction house does not have any other items from him nor do we know where the DSC is located. DSC Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Rudulph S. Ursprung, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division, A.E.F., near Eyne, Belgium, November 1, 1918. Seeing a wounded soldier lying 150 yards in front of the line, after his company had withdrawn to a more secure position, Lieutenant Ursprung crawled through heavy fire and administered first aid to him. He then picked up the wounded man, carried him across the open, wading a canal through water waist deep, and succeeded in taking him to a place of safety. The display case does not come with this group.
Condition: See Description for Condition Report.
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