DECORATIONS/VALOR AWARDS

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1. LEGION of MERIT--Showcase 1 2 3 4 17

   By Jack's Son, February 13, 2010
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   • easterneagle87
   • March 15

2. Distinguished Service Cross Questions 1 2 3

   By Brian R, July 31, 2018
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   • Big Iron
   • February 11

3. Named Air Medal opinions please

   By Uniforms of the Day, May 4
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   • Uniforms of the Day
   • 21 hours ago

4. WW2 KIA engraved Air Meal with 12x Oak Leaf Clusters

   By McT_Aviation, Sunday at 02:29 PM
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   • McT_Aviation
   • Sunday at 02:34 PM

5. Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Purple Heart (USS Walke)

   By McT_Aviation, Saturday at 04:41 PM
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   • danimal03
   • Saturday at 09:54 PM

6. Ribbon clarification.

   By cavcon, Friday at 01:11 PM
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   • cavcon
   • Friday at 03:56 PM

7. 27th Division Okinawa KIA Purple Heart & Bronze Star

   By S1991, April 8
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   • Uniforms of the Day
   • May 5

8. Interesting 8th AF PH engraving "slip of the hand"?

   By Alaska Guy, April 25
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   • Hermanus
   • April 25

9. Legion of Merit USAAF Major

   By CollectorHales, April 12
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   • CinamonToastCrunch
   • April 12

10. Is this a WW2 Compatible Purple Heart?

    By Aemond_1eye, March 19
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    • Aemond_1eye
    • March 20

11. LEGION OF MERIT OFFICER

    By Navymm98, March 16
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    • Teamski
    • March 18

12. Valuation of Purple Hearts

    By YourLocalHistoryGuy, March 8
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    • YourLocalHistoryGuy
    • March 10

13. Marine Corps Brevet Medal

    By YourLocalHistoryGuy, March 6
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    • YourLocalHistoryGuy
    • March 6

14. Research on Purple Hearts

    By Vendeen85, March 2
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    • jangel122
    • March 3

15. American award WWI French Legion of Honour

    By MarkMcM, February 14
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    • MarkMcM
    • February 24

16. Enlisted Navy Distinguished Service Medal

    By CandaceStonestreet86, February 23
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    • CandaceStonestreet86
    • February 23

17. BB&B Purple Heart #19900, Fred Hope

    By Uniforms of the Day, February 3
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    • Uniforms of the Day
    • February 22

18. Engraving on this Soldier’s Medal Legit?

    By Manatee1015, December 14, 2025
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    • Big Iron
    • February 21

19. Purple Heart interesting engraving

    By Rhodesia1980, February 15
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    • Big Iron
    • February 21

20. 22nd Bomb Group, 408th Bomb Squadron KIA Purple Heart and Air Medal

    By Timberwolf, February 18
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    • Timberwolf
    • February 18

21. Changes to the Def. Distinguished & Superior Service Medals? & Civilian awarded Medals

    By easterneagle87, February 17
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    • Dave
    • February 17

22. Help ID’ing this ribbon

    By rusl4, January 29
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    • rusl4
    • January 29

23. Dates of Combat V

    By collector, January 22
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    • collector
    • January 26

24. USAAF B17 Radio Operator KIA

    By Jtski, January 26
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    • Jtski
    • January 26

25. Trying to figure out an award from an old photo.

    By RyanD, January 20
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    • 45govt
    • January 20

26. DFC, Distinguished Flying Cross question..?

    By digi-shots, March 25, 2022
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    • DannyJ
    • January 18

27. Engraved Distinguished Flying Cross / DFC

    By Hermanus, January 14
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    • Blacksmith
    • January 14

28. Is there a way to date this Department of the Army Distinguished Civilian Service award?

    By Aemond_1eye, December 18, 2025
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    • Aemond_1eye
    • January 10

29. 1904 Army MOH prototype

    By bulldog06, January 6
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    • bulldog06
    • January 6

30. Photo of PFC Clemon Turner - Certificate of Merit, Silver Lifesaving Medal, Distinguished Service Medal

    By agate hunter, January 3
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    • KurtA
    • January 3

31. Questions on a named Purple Heart

    By themick, April 2, 2023
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    • Jas240z
    • December 27, 2025

32. Smedley Butler's MOH's

    By KurtA, December 4, 2025
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    • KurtA
    • December 5, 2025

33. Bronze Star Unusual Engraving Style

    By 17thairborne, July 19, 2025
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    • vtcollector
    • November 27, 2025

34. Normandy KIA Bronze Star to D-Day Army Medic and Double Silver Star Recipient

    By starrynights, October 30, 2025
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    • starrynights
    • November 12, 2025

35. Question on Bronze star medal

    By Martin G, November 5, 2025
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    • Martin G
    • November 10, 2025

36. Suspect SIlver Star

    By 17thairborne, October 25, 2025
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    • 17thairborne
    • October 25, 2025

37. Help With Air Medal Naming Appreciated

    By mjw, August 17, 2025
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    • mjw
    • September 23, 2025

38. Purple Heart ?

    By Remember Me, September 15, 2025
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    • Remember Me
    • September 16, 2025

39. WWII Named Bronze Star w/ V to POW in the Pacific

    By Austin_Militaria, February 9, 2025
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    • Austin_Militaria
    • September 12, 2025

40. Is the engraving legit on this Purple Heart?

    By USAF29thINFvet, January 5, 2025
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    • MWalsh
    • September 10, 2025

41. Purple Heart Date?

    By Wft2180, August 16, 2025
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    • Allan H.
    • September 4, 2025

42. Sharing this Marine Raider posthumous NC / PH group

    By gunnertwo, August 28, 2025
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    • M1M1
    • September 2, 2025

43. Air Medal of Brigadier General Herman A. Schmid

    By starrynights, May 13, 2025
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    • DSchmid
    • September 1, 2025

44. Named Purple Heart Posthumously Awarded or Not?

    By 55rocker52, August 16, 2025
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    • 55rocker52
    • August 17, 2025

45. Air Force cross

    By Wft2180, August 17, 2025
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    • Wft2180
    • August 17, 2025

46. The family Toll...

    By tarbridge, August 11, 2025
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    • scottplen
    • August 15, 2025

47. Too good to be true PH?

    By Loon, August 9, 2025
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    • Loon
    • August 9, 2025

48. DSC question

    By Wft2180, August 5, 2025
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    • Wft2180
    • August 5, 2025

49. Charles Lindbergh Medal of Honor

    By Allan H., July 28, 2025
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    • Fearless Fred
    • July 30, 2025

50. Legion of Merit

    By Medal Researcher, July 25, 2025
    • 10 replies
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    • Medal Researcher
    • July 29, 2025