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AUCTION 39: ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOR
Lot 247:
Medal Of Honor certificate presented to Paul H. Weinert by the Medal of Honor Legion of the United States. Framed.Sergeant Paul H. Weinert (July 15, 1869 – January 19, 1919) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 1st U.S. Artillery during the Indian Wars. He was one of twenty men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry at what was then called the Battle of Wounded Knee, but now commonly called the Wounded Knee Massacre, taking charge of the battery when his commanding officer was severely wounded, on December 29, 1890.
Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 in., (39.4 x 52 cm.)
Condition: Very good.
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