page_title: Purple Heart
section_title: Devices
hierarchical_section_title: Purple Heart / Appearance / Devices
caption_attribution_description: Purple Heart Medal Lapel Pin
context_page_description: The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U.S. military members – the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York.
context_section_description: Additional awards of the Purple Heart are denoted by oak leaf clusters in the Army and Air Force, and additional awards of the Purple Heart Medal are denoted by ​⁵⁄₁₆ inch stars in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
caption: Lapel Pin
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