The recipient is loooong dead - 100 years dead - so it was obviously not awarded to the seller. No family member who even knew Pvt. Thomas Kelly is alive. Should it be illegal for that owner to possess it? What does it matter if he inherited it, found it, or bought it? He or she didn't earn , yet they still possess it. Should it be relegated to a junk drawer in some niece's house who never knew and doesn't give two shiites about Pvt. Thomas Kelly? Should the recipient be mandated to wear it in the grave? The medal is a symbol of the honor, not the honor itself.
