anyone have any idea how to get war medals that where sold?

[sofargone561]

TweetChristopherms story about his grandfathers truck has made me rethink about my great grandfather. his war medals where sold by someone in my family. One of my uncles wifes sold everything he owned including my great grandfathers war medals and then killed herself. We have no idea where they went. His story is quite impressive. He fought in WWII 2 as well as all 3 of his brothers. Amazinhly ALL 4 fo them came back alive, that is un heard of in WWII. He was injured severly by a machine gun. He pushed on and moved his soldiers to safety. He was awarded a purple heart and a silver star among others. It would mean a lot to my family if i could get those medals back. Is this even possible or is all hope lost? his medals where sold off maybe 10 years ago if not more.

[guns01]

Tweettheir are tons of places out there sfg. google it man. some types of medals are restricted though and will require a citation such as the purple heart. what we did for my grand father was a shadow box. we put an order in for all his medals in a display case. then we built one out of his original medals over and old blouse left breast picket. they both came out really sweet.

[BABY1]

TweetWhat a shame that these were sold, but don't give up looking. Do what guns said and check ebay too, you never know.

[Dzone]

TweetI remember growing up the Purple Heart medal and a photo was all we had as a memory of my uncle. Then the medal was lost. After a lot of searching, my dad was able to purchase an exact replica of it. Good luck. Hope you can do the same. Should be a lot easier thanks to the internet.

[sofargone561]

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their are tons of places out there sfg. google it man. some types of medals are restricted though and will require a citation such as the purple heart. what we did for my grand father was a shadow box. we put an order in for all his medals in a display case. then we built one out of his original medals over and old blouse left breast picket. they both came out really sweet.

thanks brother i iwill haver to look around

What a shame that these were sold, but don't give up looking. Do what guns said and check ebay too, you never know.

yeah it would mean SOO much to my family he meant everything to us. my mom has been talking about wanting them for years i would love to be able to suprise her and here dad (my grandpa and my great grandpas son) with his medals

I remember growing up the Purple Heart medal and a photo was all we had as a memory of my uncle. Then the medal was lost. After a lot of searching, my dad was able to purchase an exact replica of it. Good luck. Hope you can do the same. Should be a lot easier thanks to the internet.

thanks brothert i will have to look around and see what i can do.

[sofargone561]

TweetI was thinking of contacting the VA i dont have any documents and idk if the family does. if possible i would like to keep them in the dark as much as possiblye until i get the medals but idk if i can. the 2 most important to me would be the purple heart and the silver star

[sofargone561]

TweetYeah ill have to see what i can do. guns how long did it take you to get your stuff? weeks months years?