Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1919 — HUNGRY HEROES SELL THEIR WAR MEDALS. [ARTICLE]

HUNGRY HEROES SELL THEIR WAR MEDALS.

American Distinguished Service crosses and French war crosses won by American soldiers on the battlefields of France at risk of their 'lives are obtainable in New York pawn shops for the insignificant sum of $5, it has 'been learned. Several pawn shop proprietors, .who displayed the gayly ribboned [emblems of heroism in their dingy shops, explained that they had been sold outright by soldiers who felt the pangs of hunger, but were too proud to beg. They were sold outright 'because their “pawn” value was insufficient to purchase a square meal.