That's why the gold medal on a purple ribbon bears the profile of Washington. The original badge was directed by Washington to be “the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with ...

Another son, David, said that after his father’s death he put the Purple Heart and other medals in a bank safe-deposit box but eventually lost track of the box after he moved out of state and ...

For his service, he was awarded the prestigious Purple Heart medal. The fate of that medal, earned by blood and sacrifice, spanned the decades. It was stolen, then discovered in a garbage dump ...

Iowa Treasurer Roby Smith is looking to reunite a second Iowan's Purple Heart medal recovered from unclaimed property to next ...

The family of an Iowa veteran was reunited with his Purple Heart medal Wednesday.The State Treasurer's Office says it found ...