sold Purple Heart Medal , official paper work Purple heart box & Purple Heart Pin
 

sold Purple Heart Medal , official paper work Purple heart box & Purple Heart Pin
he was in the Army Infantry Company I in Italy injured in Battle in Italy 1945 since deceased
before any one "berates me" for trying to sell this item
it belongs to a very elderly Male Neighbor, the last living Relative of the Purple Heart precipitant
he has no emotional attachment, belonged to a uncle he never met, has no use for it or any one to leave to , not in a position to donate it
is in need of some cash
a pawn shop offered him a $140 but I mentioned I may be able to get him more , if not I am sure he will sell it to the pawn shop

asking $225 OBO
will include free shipping
paypal friends and family
thanks for looking

sold , buyer lives in Jericho, New York
and will make sure it ends up in the hands of appropriate local interests
thanks to all Members for your input

I understand your dilemma. It's tough not having someone within a family take possession of it. If you start a GoFundMe page, I'll donate. And I'm sure many here will. Maybe we can get him the $225 and give the medal to the local library or Vet Center in his town for display and keeping.

AWESOME idea. Seriously if this is done I am in for $20.

Purple Heart
 

I’ll chip in $20 as well

Excellent idea, I am also in for $20. Keep me posted.

Roy Z. aka Kaddyshack

I'm in.

I am the O/P
 

REALLY APPRECIATE the effort to help resolve this situation
the elderly Gentleman is a bit of Character , he has no recollection of having met his uncle on his mothers side the recipient, and does not have the same last name, the Solider Lived In Niagara Falls NY in the 1930's -40's , and until medal was discovered in a box of old books ready for trash pick up , it may have ended up in a land fill.
He has no emotional attachment to it , he would sell it tomorrow for the $140
I have till Thursday possibly longer
I figured I can get more than $140 and maybe some one on Net 54 has a better avenue where this should end up , If sold here on Net 54 I would prefer to ship it to the person who would go that extra mile to see it finds a permanent home.
as I live in South Florida so no local connection to the recipient
who lived IN NEW YORK where it might be better appreciated
thanks to all

PM sent

I see you have a great buyer.:)

I would still like to donate an extra $20 to this gentleman. Please PM me your PP.

from the O/P thanks to any Net 54 Members who offered $$
 

Thanks for the offer , but I was able to get the asking price and Medal be saved.
and considering it was nearly thrown away and what it was almost sold for at the Pawn shop ,
my Neighbor will be more than happy with the final price.
so I would rather not accept any donations on his behalf.

but it is October breast cancer awareness month they are always looking for donations which I feel is money better spent .
thanks again Net 54 Members

The members on this site are terrific. I knew someone would step up with a purchase and get it into the proper hands.

Bob