{"id":19908,"date":"2026-09-16T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/?p=19908"},"modified":"2026-10-19T20:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T00:14:04","slug":"purple-heart-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/purple-heart-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple Heart Medal: Meaning, Recipients &#038; Display Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19908\" class=\"elementor elementor-19908\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-927ca46 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"927ca46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d89279b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d89279b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration given to service members wounded or killed by enemy or hostile action. Most military medals recognize what someone did. This one recognizes what someone gave up.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s also one of the most recognizable medals in the American military. The purple heart shape, George Washington&#8217;s profile, that purple-and-white ribbon \u2014 you&#8217;d be hard pressed to mistake it for anything else.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But there&#8217;s more behind it than the shape and color, especially if one has landed in your family&#8217;s hands.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"child-site-search child-site-search-button\" style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"#\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"lb lb-blue search-modal-click\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"modal-fast-auto\">Find Your Frame<\/a><\/div>\n<h2><b>What Is the Purple Heart Medal?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Purple Heart is the oldest American military award still given out today, and the story starts with George Washington himself.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On August 7, 1782, Washington created the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers for &#8220;singularly meritorious&#8221; action. The original badge was nothing more than a heart cut from purple cloth or silk, worn over the left breast. Only a handful of Revolutionary War soldiers ever got one, and the whole thing faded out once the war ended.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For about 150 years, that was it. Then in 1932, on the 200th anniversary of Washington&#8217;s birth, the award came back \u2014 this time as the Purple Heart we know today. That original 1782 date still carries weight, too. It&#8217;s the reason National Purple Heart Day falls on August 7 every year.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The eligibility rules shifted over the decades, and eventually the Purple Heart became what it is now: the award for service members wounded or killed as a result of hostile action.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That long history is part of why an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/what-to-do-with-inherited-military-medals\/\">inherited Purple Heart<\/a> carries so much weight. It&#8217;s not just an old medal sitting in a relative&#8217;s things. It&#8217;s a physical link to one specific moment in that person&#8217;s service.<\/span><i><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dfd8fe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4dfd8fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5d8a08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5d8a08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What Does a Purple Heart Look Like?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;d probably recognize one even if you&#8217;d never seen one up close. Here&#8217;s what to look for:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Shape:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a purple enameled heart with a gold-colored border<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Front:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a profile of George Washington in his Continental Army uniform<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Above the heart:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Washington family coat of arms between sprays of green leaves<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ribbon:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> purple with narrow white edges<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Back:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a raised bronze heart reading &#8220;For Military Merit&#8221; with space for the recipient&#8217;s name. Some Purple Hearts are engraved with the recipient&#8217;s name.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That last part matters more than people expect. If you&#8217;re trying to figure out whose medal you&#8217;re holding, flip it over. If the medal is engraved, the name on the reverse can help confirm who received it.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>Who Receives a Purple Heart?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President to service members wounded or killed under qualifying circumstances involving enemy or hostile action.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In plain terms, that includes wounds caused by enemy or hostile action, along with certain qualifying circumstances such as friendly fire, terrorist attacks, and peacekeeping operations. What it doesn&#8217;t cover matters just as much. Not every injury in a combat zone qualifies \u2014 an illness, or a training accident that happens while deployed, generally doesn&#8217;t count. What matters is the circumstances of the wound and the official criteria behind it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So this isn&#8217;t an award for being somewhere dangerous. It&#8217;s recognition of what it cost a service member when they were wounded, or lost their life, because of hostile action.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>Is the Purple Heart the Highest Military Medal?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. That&#8217;s the Medal of Honor.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But thinking about the Purple Heart in terms of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/army-medals-order-of-precedence\/\">order of precedence<\/a> kind of misses the point. Most decorations recognize something a service member did \u2014 an act of valor, an achievement, years of meritorious service. This one recognizes something that happened to them. Nobody sets out to earn a Purple Heart.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which is exactly why, for a lot of recipients and their families, it ends up being the most personal medal in the whole collection.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71910b4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71910b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b36049 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b36049\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-medal-keepsake-display-1024x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20210\" alt=\"Purple Heart medal displayed with military keepsakes including dog tags, a vintage soldier photo, and a folded American flag\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-medal-keepsake-display-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-medal-keepsake-display-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-medal-keepsake-display-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-medal-keepsake-display-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-medal-keepsake-display.jpg 1774w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1923e5d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1923e5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e85c866 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e85c866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What Does a Purple Heart Mean to a Family?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes the medal belongs to whoever&#8217;s reading this. Just as often, it belonged to a father, a mother, a grandparent, a spouse, a sibling.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Families often end up with a Purple Heart years after the fact, tucked in with discharge papers, photographs, letters, ribbons, maybe the original certificate. Put those pieces side by side, and they start telling someone&#8217;s story.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/what-to-do-with-inherited-military-medals\/\">inherited medals<\/a> and aren&#8217;t sure what you&#8217;re looking at, start by just keeping everything together. Photos, documents, orders, citations, even a handwritten note \u2014 all of it adds context once you start piecing a relative&#8217;s service back together.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/how-to-replace-military-medals\/\">medal&#8217;s missing<\/a>? Don&#8217;t assume that part of the story is gone for good. Veterans and next of kin can often request military records, and replacement medals, through official channels.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adc8629 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"adc8629\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d22f494 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d22f494\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>How Do You Display a Purple Heart Medal?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s no single &#8220;right&#8221; way to display one. It really comes down to what you have, and whose story you&#8217;re telling.<\/span><\/p><h3><b>Display the Purple Heart on Its Own<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the medal is the centerpiece, a dedicated Purple Heart medal frame keeps the attention exactly where it belongs.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A single-medal display is simple, it&#8217;s respectful, and it works especially well when the medal is being gifted to the recipient or passed down within the family.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a8a14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13a8a14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be92398 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"be92398\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/military-medal-frames\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">SHOP PURPLE HEART MEDAL FRAMES<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9067c21 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9067c21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22caaa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"22caaa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-single-medal-frame-1024x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20211\" alt=\"purple-heart-single-medal-frame\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-single-medal-frame-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-single-medal-frame-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-single-medal-frame-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-single-medal-frame-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-single-medal-frame.jpg 1774w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-538d506 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"538d506\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5d7019 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5d7019\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Display the Purple Heart With Its Certificate<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have both the medal and the award document? Keep them together.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Purple Heart certificate and medal frame does something a medal alone can&#8217;t \u2014 it tells the viewer not just what the medal is, but who received it and why it matters to your family. For an inherited Purple Heart especially, this tends to be the strongest choice, since the certificate gives the medal its context.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4f96d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c4f96d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22467a0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"22467a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/military-medal-frames\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">SHOP CERTIFICATE &amp; MEDAL FRAMES<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06e29c4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06e29c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70efaa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70efaa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Use a Purple Heart Display Case for a Full Military Career<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Purple Heart display case can bring the medal together with photographs, ribbons, patches, challenge coins, insignia, and other awards that tell the larger story of a military career.<br \/><b><br \/><\/b>One medal rarely tells the whole story of a career. If you&#8217;ve also got photographs, ribbons, patches, challenge coins, insignia, or other awards, a larger military medal display case or a coordinated gallery wall might make more sense.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might pair:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Purple Heart<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the award certificate<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a military portrait<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">discharge or retirement documents<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">other medals and ribbons<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rank insignia<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The point isn&#8217;t to display everything the veteran ever owned. It&#8217;s to pick the pieces that actually tell their story.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ab04c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0ab04c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54dddf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"54dddf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-cert-1024x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20213\" alt=\"Purple Heart certificate and medal displayed in a custom military certificate frame\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-cert-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-cert-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-cert-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-cert-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.militaryframes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/purple-heart-cert.jpg 1774w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c39aad0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c39aad0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b3d019 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b3d019\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"child-site-search\"><div class=\"search-button-v4\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"child-site-search-ir7k1jr3\" class=\"search\" aria-label=\"Search frames or keywords\" placeholder=\"Search frames or keywords\" autocomplete=\"off\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"combobox\"><i class=\"fas fa-search\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span data-input-id=\"child-site-search-ir7k1jr3\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"fast-auto-btn\" tabindex=\"0\"><span>Search<\/span><span><i class=\"fas fa-search\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<h2><b>Protecting a Purple Heart for the Next Generation<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether the Purple Heart is yours or has been sitting in your family for decades, preservation matters.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep the medal and any paper documents away from moisture, heat, and direct sunlight. When you frame them, look for acid-free matting and UV-protective glass or acrylic \u2014 the same materials used to preserve fine art and important documents.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At militaryframes.com by Church Hill Classics, we handcraft military medal frames and display cases in the USA to help service members and their families hold onto the stories behind their service.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because the real value of a Purple Heart was never really the metal or the ribbon. 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A lot of families use that day to display, share, or gift a framed Purple Heart.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Can you get a replacement Purple Heart?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Often, yes. Veterans and next of kin can request replacement medals and military records through official government channels. Our guide to replacing lost or stolen military medals walks through how.<\/span><\/p><p><b>What does the back of a Purple Heart say?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8220;For Military Merit,&#8221; and often the recipient&#8217;s name engraved beneath it. That engraving is frequently how families figure out who an inherited medal actually belonged to.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Is it disrespectful to frame a Purple Heart?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Not at all. Framing one with preservation-grade materials is one of the more respectful things you can do with it. 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