Original U.S. WWII Framed Photo & Autograph of Medal of Honor Recipient Audie Murphy with Certificate of Authenticity - Most Highly Decorated Soldier in U.S. History - 12¼ x 16¼”

Original Item. Only One Available. Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1925 – May 28, 1971) was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history. He received every military combat award for valor available from the United States Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor that he demonstrated at age 19 for single-handedly holding off a company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, before leading a successful counterattack while wounded.

This is an outstanding framed photo and signature of Audie Murphy, one of if not the most decorated soldier in American history. The photo shows Murphy in his M1 helmet with his Medal of Honor on his chest and Legion of Merit over his breast. The back of the frame has a Certificate of Authenticity confirming the autograph as Murphy’s. 

The frame measures 12¼ x 16¼” and is in great shape overall.

An outstanding display piece with the autograph of one of the most outstanding soldiers in U.S. history. The back of the frame has command strips at the top and bottom for mounting. Ready to mount and display. 

Murphy was born into a large family of sharecroppers in Hunt County, Texas. His father abandoned the family and his mother died when Murphy was a teenager. Murphy left school in fifth grade to pick cotton and find other work to help support his family; his skill with a hunting rifle helped feed his family. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Murphy's older sister helped him to falsify documentation about his birthdate to meet the minimum age for enlisting in the military. Turned down initially for being underweight by the Army, Navy, and the Marine Corps, he eventually was able to enlist in the Army. He first saw action in the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily; then in 1944 he participated in the Battle of Anzio, the liberation of Rome, and the invasion of southern France. Murphy fought at Montélimar and led his men on a successful assault at L'Omet quarry near Cleurie in northeastern France in October. Despite suffering from multiple illnesses and wounds throughout his service, Murphy became one of the most praised and decorated soldiers of World War II. He is credited with killing 241 enemy soldiers.