United States. A Vietnam War Purple Heart, To Sergeant Joe Wideman Becker, United States Marine Corps, Wia GTRexclude Stamped onto the crown in

Stamped onto the crown in black ink is a Reichsbetriebsnummer (RBNr

It is made out to Berta Sander from the local health insurance and records payments from between December 1948 and July 1949

Cross is magnetic

At first his doctor suspected multiple sclerosis

three with both prongs intact

United States. A Vietnam War Purple Heart, To Sergeant Joe Wideman Becker, United States Marine Corps, Wia GTRexclude Stamped onto the crown inInstituted in 1782. Two piece construction, in bronze gilt with purple, red, white and green enamels, engraved "JOE W. BECKER WIA 12 20 67" on the reverse, measuring 34. 5 mm (w) x 47 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, exhibiting scattered gilt wear and spotting, original ribbon with brooch pinback, better than very fine. In its hardshelled case of issue, black thatched look exterior, inscribed "PURPLE HEART" on