United States. The Purple Heart & Wings of Second Lieutenant Williams Jr. KIA, 82nd Fighter Group certificate_of_authenticity and vivid blue enamels

and vivid blue enamels

constructed of a brass shaft etched with stylized designs around the exterior

the reverse plain with barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

According to contemporary research

measures approximately 47cm (or 19 inches) in length

United States. The Purple Heart & Wings of Second Lieutenant Williams Jr. KIA, 82nd Fighter Group certificate_of_authenticity and vivid blue enamelsInstituted 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