An anonymous conferrer is offer $100,000 for atomic number 82 in the William Holman Hunt for the thief responsible for stealing the World War iodin/a> remembrance cross that’s been at the center of a decade-long legal engagement

The cross of the Mojave desert War remembrance in Golden State — erected 75 years ago as a remembrance in laurels of America’s World War I veteran soldier — disappeared earlier this week, just two week after the US Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling on its removal “These thief desecrated a national-nurse-week/”>national war memorial that was erected to laurels America’s war dead,” said Thomas joule Tradewell Sr, the national commandant of the 2.1 million member veteran of Foreign warfare.

In April, the Supreme Court ruled that instead of forcing the veteran to remove the cross, a federal jurist should consider a plan allowing the federally owned land to be transferred to private ownership The cross was located in a XVI million-acre preserve seventy land mile south of lanthanum Vegas.

The veteran of Foreign Wars first placed a cross in the location 1934, in memory of fallen soldier during World War I.

All that’s known about the conferrer is that he’s a “wounded veteran who was the recipient of the Ag star Medal,” according to a fourth estate release from the group Family security matter. “We are confident that our presenter’s generosity will help to bring the outlaw to justice and that the message rings loud and clear: we will never allow such a vile law-breaking that defile the memory our nation’s war dead to stand,” said Christmas carol Taber, President of Family security Matters. “Not now, not ever.”

The donation gain the total awarding money to $125,000, following a $25,000 reward from group liberty institute

Family security Matters has established a tip hotline, and anyone with information is asked to phone call 202-528-4665 or e-mail tips@familysecuritymatters.org.

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