United States. The Purple Heart & Wings of Second Lieutenant Williams Jr. KIA, 82nd Fighter Group Newly Listed on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from period original green and white triangular ribbon

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United States. The Purple Heart & Wings of Second Lieutenant Williams Jr. KIA, 82nd Fighter Group Newly Listed on loop for suspension fromInstituted August 7th 1782 by George Washington. (1945 issue). Constructed of bronze gilt with purple, red, white, and green enamels, in the shape of a heart, the obverse with a gilded leftward facing bust of George Washington affixed onto purple coloured and heart shaped enamels with the Coat of Arms of George Washington, consisting of a white enameled shield with two horizontally positioned red enameled bars and three horizontally positioned side by