The Purple Heart is awarded to ... be traced back to the Badge of Military Merit ordered by then-Gen. George Washington on Aug. 7, 1782. That's why the gold medal on a purple ribbon bears the ...

The family of an Iowa veteran was reunited with his Purple Heart medal Wednesday.The State Treasurer's Office says it found ...

Military medals are often difficult to return because the name under which the property was submitted may not correspond to the name of the honoree. A Purple Heart has no engravings that would ...

Iowa Treasurer Roby Smith is looking to reunite a second Iowan's Purple Heart medal recovered from unclaimed property to next ...

The Purple Heart medal is awarded to U.S. military members who are wounded in service. It is the nation’s oldest military award, introduced by General George Washington in 1782. Nancy Clark ...

This Saturday is Unclaimed Property Day, which is an effort to make the more than 30 million Americans aware of the estimated ...

The State Treasurer's office says it found the military medal inside in a safety deposit box belonging to Garold Hayes.

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — The family of an Iowa veteran was reunited with his Purple Heart Medal on Wednesday. The State Treasurer’s office says it found the military medal inside a safety ...