Vpep Posted September 16, 2015 Share #1 Posted September 16, 2015 Hello All, I was out and about today and stopped in a small antique/thrift shop when I came across this Silver Star Medal in a junk bowl full of broken watches and costume jewelry. After I got over my astonishment of finding this award for valor tossed in a bowl full of what was essentially junk, I asked the sales person if the price was correct. He said yes, so I quickly paid and took my treasure home. Is there any way of finding out from what period this medal was awarded, and who the recipient was. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Vic PS. Sorry for the poor photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted September 16, 2015 Share #2 Posted September 16, 2015 Vic, The Silver Star is a contemporary or current issue. I do not believe it is possible to honestly ID the medal with just a first initial and last name. It does as if you got it reasonable and saved it from a junk box.Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vpep Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted September 16, 2015 Thanks, It amazes me what some people consider relatively worthless and I was definitely happy to save it. I thought it was probably recent due to the G27 code on the pin attachment. Is there any sort of data base for the manufactures code? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vpep Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted September 17, 2015 With a little research on line I found that the code on the broach (G27) is for Graco Awards of Tomball Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovmilinsig Posted September 17, 2015 Share #5 Posted September 17, 2015 Great find! Thanks for sharing. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltusma Posted September 18, 2015 Share #6 Posted September 18, 2015 Great find! While it may be challenging to prove for certain who the recipient was, it may not be too hard to narrow it down. Here is a link for citations spanning several years/wars. http://homeofheroes.com/members/04_SS/siverstar.html The name that initially came to mind when I saw this was MSG Gary Gordon, who was also one of the two MOH recipients from Somalia. I did a quick search across the site posted above and did not come up with any other matches, but did not do a full search of each page. Hope this helps. Walt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltusma Posted September 18, 2015 Share #7 Posted September 18, 2015 Great find! While it may be challenging to prove for certain who the recipient was, it may not be too hard to narrow it down. Here is a link for citations spanning several years/wars. http://homeofheroes.com/members/04_SS/siverstar.html The name that initially came to mind when I saw this was MSG Gary Gordon, who was also one of the two MOH recipients from Somalia. I did a quick search across the site posted above and did not come up with any other matches, but did not do a full search of each page. Hope this helps. Walt Correction to this post. MSG Gordon did not receive a Silver Star in Somalia. I misread the top part stating Medal of Honor and thought all the listings on the page were for Silver Star. http://homeofheroes.com/members/04_SS/6_PostRVN/10_somalia.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilHistNut Posted September 18, 2015 Share #8 Posted September 18, 2015 It is sad that such an award was literally just tossed away. Glad you were able to rescue it! Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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