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 Manufactured and dated 1849 the

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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 Manufactured and dated 1849 theOriginal 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