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Purple Heart

United States military decoration
Intangible medallion Q145752
Purple Heart
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The Purple Heart is a visual artwork that was established on February 22, 1932[1].

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: military decoration[4], wound decoration[5]
  • Commons category: Purple Heart (United States)[6]
  • Inception: February 22, 1932[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Purple Heart[8]
  • Commons gallery: Purple Heart[9]
  • Replaces: Badge of Military Merit[10]
  • Category for recipients of this award: Category:Recipients of the Purple Heart (United States)[11]
  • Next lower rank: Defense Meritorious Service Medal[12]
  • Next higher rank: Bronze Star Medal[13]

Why It Matters

Purple Heart has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . en.wikisource.org. en.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Lieutcoluseng · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → medallion, military decoration, wound decoration
    Country → United States
    Category for recipients of this award → Category:Recipients of the Purple Heart (United States)
    Next higher rank → Bronze Star Medal
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Replaces: Wound Chevron"
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