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Show Veterans! Have You Yours? WW WASHINGTON Kept. 23 Here's the victory medal (both sides) which the government is giving to every veteran of the sorld w.ir To date only 271,661 of them have been given out, but 4.b50,OOo men are entitled to receive re-ceive them An ex-soldier may make j application for one and It Is tree to j the nearest recruiting office or Amen-can Amen-can Legion post A few days later the i m d&l will be d llered to his home by the postman. Uncle Sam has spent more thun $1,000,000 for these medals. They arc i made of, hard bronze. There goes wltb ' the medal a ribbon and on it is abar 'for every major engagement In which 1 the soldier participated The largest j number of hars Is 14 and General Pershing is the oniv soldier so far to,' receive the maximum. oo |