Certificate, Purple Heart Award
The certification of Robert Abbott’s Purple Heart award for wounds sustained in combat during the Korean War.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS. GREETING:
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HAS AWARDED THE
PURPLE HEART
(THIRD OAK LEAF CLUSTER)
ESTABLISHED BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON
AT NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, AUGUST 7, 1782
TO
Lieutenant Colonel (then Major) Robert N. Abbott, 01 285 369, Infantry
FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED
IN ACTION
Korea, 27 November 1950
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON
THIS 4th DAY of May 1954
Wm. E. Bergin Robert T. Stevens
Major General, USA Secretary of the Army
The Adjutant General