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  • Purple Heart
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 2017
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C005916

Location: 201A5

Coin: Decoration

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Round shaped coin, antique brass in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military. The Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U.S. military members.