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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1789910, member: 22729&quot;][ATTACH=full]288621[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]288622[/ATTACH] I&#039;ve had this Boy Scout medal for as long as I can remember. The slogan on it was to help promote the sale of U.S. Savings Stamps...the WWI predecessor to WWII War Bonds...and was aimed at scouts, both boys and girls. The medal is antiqued bronze and was struck by the Gorham Co. The original medals had a blue ribbon attached, but this one is long gone.</p><p>I pretty much research anything I buy for my collection and of course I had to find out who Chris F. Hoffner was. Turns out he was born in NJ in 1905 and lived at 33 Hopkin St. in Woodbury, Gloucester Co. in 1930. He was a buyer for a grocery store. The date of his birth fits nicely with the date the medal&nbsp; awarded to him in 1918. I picked up the medal from my friends coin shop in Pitman, NJ which is only a couple of miles from Woodbury. The old saying &quot;The apple doesn&#039;t fall far from the tree&quot; sure rings true in this case.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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