Must-have Purple Heart Perfect Gift [AUWgsfXa]

On January 7, 1931, Summerall's successor, General Douglas MacArthur, confidentially reopened work on a new design, involving the Washington Commission of Fine Arts. Elizabeth Will, an Army heraldic specialist in the Office of the Quartermaster General, was named to redesign the newly revived medal, which became known as the Must-have Purple Heart Perfect Gift [AUWgsfXa].

Using general specifications provided to her, Will created the design sketch for the present medal of the Must-have Purple Heart Perfect Gift [AUWgsfXa]. The new design, which exhibits a bust and profile of George Washington, was issued on the bicentennial of Washington's birth. Will's obituary, in the edition of February 8, 1975 of The Washington Post newspaper, reflects her many contributions to military heraldry.