United States. A Korean War Purple Heart Group to Sergeant John L. Hunt

Item #W4529

$300
Purple Heart (bronze gilt and enamels, engraved "JOHN L. HUNT" on the reverse, numbered "368983" on the edge, 34.5 mm x 43 mm, on original ribbon with brooch pinback, accompanied by its 10.2 mm x 36 mm Ribbon Bar and 3.5 mm x 17.2 mm Enamelled Ribbon Bar); National Defense Service Medal (bronze, 32 mm) and Korean Service Medal (bronze, 31.7 mm), the latter two suspended together on an embroidered cloth strip in the two and three positions, the one position without its previously hung medal; Hunt's Dog Tags (aluminum, one stamped "HUNT, / JOHN L / RA 11 738 498 / B / BAPTIST", the other stamped "HUNT, JOHN L / US52140559 / T52 B", 28.5 mm x 51 mm each, on adjoining ball-linked chain); and Armed Forces Identification Card (obverse with black and white photo of Hunt, signed, with expiry date of February 8, 1956, reverse is numbered "803482", with right and left index fingerprints and birth date of January 29, 1931, 60 mm x 93 mm, laminated, cracked, repaired). Purple Heart near mint, the suspended pair near extremely fine.