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sapper · 06-08-2006, 07:34 PM

The British do not have purple hearts...In WW2 we had the Kings Medal. And a gold stripe on you lower sleeve for each time you were wounded. I still have me wound stripes. and have worn my "Kings Medal" in my lapel for over 60 years.
Sapper

06-08-2006, 07:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
sapper WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,515	The British do not have purple hearts...In WW2 we had the Kings Medal. And a gold stripe on you lower sleeve for each time you were wounded. I still have me wound stripes. and have worn my "Kings Medal" in my lapel for over 60 years. Sapper