Original U.S. WWII 80th Infantry Division Engraved Purple Heart with Date of Wound & Family Detail Antique Colts The Militia and Volunteer Force

The Militia and Volunteer Force engineers supported the regular Royal Engineers in a variety of roles

and a few small nicks on the edge

with a Panzerkampfwagen IV superimposed in the centre on grassy ground

including an 1831 date

Original U.S. WWII 80th Infantry Division Engraved Purple Heart with Date of Wound & Family Detail Antique Colts The Militia and Volunteer ForceOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The Purple Heart (PH) 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. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U. S. military members the only earlier award being the obsolete