Then again, it appears he asked for replacement medals in 1984. I think he DID throw his medals away. I believe that in Douglas Brinkley's book, he mentions that the medals are in Kerry's Boston house.
We also hear the they're hanging in his DC office.
Perhaps he wanted duplicates so that he wouldn't have to move them back and forth.
I suspect that he's also bought additional copies to hang in his (Teresa's) other houses.
Again, I don't think you can purchase the actual medal. If medals could be purchased, he would have sent some flunky down to the nearest Navy base and bought a whole bag of 'em. No, he had to request "replacements" and they were signed by Lehman. I'm beginning to wonder if he ever was awarded any to begin with. I'm wondering since he had political connections did he get Lehman to give him some medals he wasn't awarded to replace the ones he didn't throw over the fence.