hello.     I was sorting through my mother's things and found a box of my grandfather's military things.   My grandfather served overseas from June 1918 until 
  
May 1919.    I have searched and cannot find any description or  
  
explanation of a ribbon/medal that was my grandfather's.     let me try to describe it.     There is a vertical American flag    Above the flag is a brass piece that  
  
has the initials  -  F. P. A.    Hanging from that brass piece is a cracked bell.    At the bottom of the flag is another brass piece that has a sharp upside down V . 
  
Inside that V is a book with a building underneath.   Under that is another very widespread V and on the right side of that V are marks like that of what a ruler would have.  
  
Now -- my grandfather was from Pennsylvania and I wondered if the initials and the cracked bell were an indication of Pennsylvania.    
  
Can you help me???   Thanks in advance.