Lawyer Finds Bronze Star During Law Firm Coat Drive

A Denver-area lawyer going through pockets of donated coats during his law firm’s coat drive had an unusual find: a Bronze Star.

Lawyer Brett Buchheit told the Denver Post the medal was wrapped in a sandwich bag inside a black leather coat that looked like something you’d wear to a Bon Jovi concert in the 1980s.

Buchheit told a colleague about the medal, and recalled his reaction, the story says. “You've got an obligation at this point," his colleague told him. “You can't just ignore a Bronze Star."

Buchheit called a local Veterans of Foreign Wars post in hopes of finding the medal’s owner. He was scheduled to present the medal to the post commander in a ceremony yesterday, on Pearl Harbor Day.