Combat Infantry Badges, Airborne Wings, and a few other things I picked up today
Article about: Hi all, First of all I want to apologize for not posting more recently. After my return from my internship with NATO I finished my last semester and commissioned into the US Army as an intel
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Well, I definitely think they are the same, but what they are I cannot find either. I have a sheet here that shows all the medals from ww2 on. I wonder if its prior to that, or some unofficial award!!??
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Ohhh, may have found it... Philippine Liberation WWII Military Medal | Medals of America
Pretty neat looking medal. They can't be that common either, I wouldn't think!
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I think you hit the nail on the head, Nathan! I've never even heard of the award before but it is pretty neat! The top one has toe stars on it. I wonder if they signify two different phases of the campaign?? It doesn't say anything about them on Wikipedia.
Thanks again!
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It actually tells on that link. There are apparently 3 criteria for the award, if you got two of them you got one star, and if you met all three you got two stars. Looks like this guy was a ground pounder for sure! You should also be able to find that di, and fing out what regiment and division he was in.
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I would love if I could figure out how to do that! I wonder how many of these medals a were issued? I found a list on Wikipedia of 45 people that received them but it would seem like so many more soldiers, sailors, and marines would have received them.
Here is the link: Category:Recipients of the Philippine Liberation Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thaddeus
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Thadeus,
The WWII era CIB is German made, so likely occupation era. This is evident by the pin catch on the reverse. Very nice piece and not as common as it's US made counterpart.
The CIB with 2 stars, denoting participation in 3 conflicts, was made by HLP, or His Lordship Products (later His Lordship Industries). Based on the makers mark, this would have been made prior to 1977, or so. HLP manufactured military insignia and medals up until the 90's when they lost their contract due to selling back door copies of the Medal of Honor. Definitely an authentic piece.
The AB wings marked D22 would date to around the same period (after 1974 or so) and were made by Denmark Military Equipment Corporation.
Overall, some very nice finds!
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Thanks for the information Yeungling.... i really like your username haha. I wish I could find out some more information of the CIB with two stars. I would love to find out who had it. It came out of New Smyrna Beach, FL. I'm sure a lot of those guys retired down there.
Thaddeus
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