| Gold Star Mother
was the name conferred on mothers and widows of WWI and WWII military personnel
who made the supreme sacrifice during the wars. My wife's great grandmother,
Lena Goldberg, lost a son, Israel Goldberg, in WWI. Here is her GSM medal.
Sgt. Goldberg was killed in the First Battle of Marne while in the Third Division of the US Army. |
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In 1930, Mrs. Goldberg was one of the GSM, and leader of the Yonkers NY contingent that visted the graves and battle sites in France. An interesting side note, that the medal and trip were before WWII started that WWI was called THE WORLD WAR in the documentation that came with the medal. Here is the medallion that she wore during the trip to France. |
