Original U.S. WWII Name Engraved Purple Heart Medal Mounted on Handle of Theater Made Machete - K.I.A. DSC Recipient Harlen Way, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division Crimean War with the finest items being

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The liner shows signs of heavy usage with some paint chipping on the medics panels

the stock under the barrel was clad in brass prior to the silver barrel bands being added

5mm caliber with a 9 inch barrel

Original U.S. WWII Name Engraved Purple Heart Medal Mounted on Handle of Theater Made Machete - K.I.A. DSC Recipient Harlen Way, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division Crimean War with the finest items beingOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now this is a fantastic, yet sad memento from WWII. Now we do not know if this Purple Heart was from a previous wound received or if a comrade had made it in honor of Private Harlen Way. In our research, we came across an oddity. We searched the ASN for Harlen Way which is 1906555 and got two different results. One was for Harlen W. Way who was KIA on March 25, 1945 with the 30th Infantry Division, the other is