Rare 1943 WW2 Patches Medals Badges Insignia Rank Book USMC Army Air Force Navy

Description

Here it is!!!
This is the
highly sought after and quite rare
original
1943 book that contains
1,701 separate
illustrations
of  military insignia, medals, ranks and patches from the June, October and December 1943 National Geographic issues and updates !!!
Simply put, this is
THE BEST
, single source identification guide to collecting United States WW2 militaria!
Color images
of all the Army, Navy, Army Air Corps, Marine and Coast Guard divisional patches, insignia, devices, badges and ranks for all units that took part in World War II!
Rank, insignia, devices and badges are shown for the following:
Officer, Aviation Cadet, U.S. Military Academy, Enlisted Man, Warrant Officer, Reserve Officers? Training Corps, General, Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant colonel, Major, Captain, First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Chief Warrant Officer, Warrant Officer Junior Grade, Flight Officer, Master Sergeant 1
st
Grade, First Sergeant 1
st
Grade, Technical Sergeant 2
nd
Grade, Staff Sergeant 3
rd
Grade, Technician 3
rd
Grade, Sergeant 4
th
Grade, Technician 4
th
Grade, Corporal 5
th
Grade, Technician 5
th
Grade, Private First Class 6
th
Grade, Federal Service Stripe, national Guard Service Stripe, Wound Stripe, War Service Stripe, Adjutant General?s Department, Aide to General, Aide to Lieutenant General, Aide to Major General, Aide to Brigadier General, Air Forces, Armored Force, Cavalry, Chaplain (Christian), Chaplain (Jewish), Chemical Warfare Service, Coast Artillery Corps, Corps of Engineers, Field Artillery, Finance Department, General Staff Corps, Infantry, Inspector General?s Department, Judge Advocate General?s Department, Medical Corps, Medical Administrative Corps, Dental Corps, Veterinary Corps, Army Nurse Corps, Contract Surgeon, Sanitary Corps Reserve, Military Police, National Guard Bureau, Ordnance Department, Quartermaster Corps, Signal Corps, Transportation Corps, Tank Destroyer Forces, Army Band, Officer Candidate School, master, First Mate, Second Mate, Chief Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Second Assistant Engineer, Special Service Force,
Army Brassards, Parachutist?s Badge, Battalion Commander Company Commander, Lieutenant, Battalion Adjutant, Color Sergeant, First Sergeant, Battalion Sergeant Major, Supply Sergeant, Sergeant, Color Corporal, Corporal, Battalion Commander, Company Commander, Battalion Adjutant, Command Pilot, Air Crew Member, Liaison Pilot, Senior Pilot, Aircraft Observer, Senior Balloon Pilot, Pilot, Balloon Pilot, Bombardier, Glider Pilot, Navigator, Technical Observer, Service Pilot, Flight Surgeon,
Admiral, Vice Admiral, Rear Admiral, Commodore, Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commander, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Ensign, Chief Warrant Officer (Boatswain), Warrant Officer (Carpenters), Aviation Cadet, Line, Medical, Dental, Supply, Civil Engineering, Nurse, Band, Gunner, Machinist, Carpenter, Pharmacist, Pay Clerk, Electrician, Radio Electrician, Aerographer, Torpedoman, Photographer, Ship?s Clerk, Naval Aviator, naval Aviation Observer, Submarine, Flight Surgeon, Naval Reserve Merchant Marine, Shore Patrol, Geneva Cross, Sick-List Badge, Electrician?s Mate, Radioman, Boatswain?s Mate, Carpenter?s Mate, Machinist?s Mate, Gunner?s Mate, Aerographer?s Mate, Aviation Electrician?s Mate, Aviation, General Utility, Aviation Machinist?s Mate, Aviation Metalsmith, Aviation Ordnanceman, Parachute Rigger, Aviation Pilot, Aviation Radioman, Baker, Cook, Metalsmith, Molder, Shipfitter, Coxswain, Boilermaker, Engineman, Water Tender, Bugler,
Carpenter?s Mate, Painter, Pattern Maker, Chief Commissary Steward, Fire Controlman, Hospital Apprentice, Pharmacist?s Mate, Motor Machinist?s Mate, Musician, Photographer?s Mate, Printer, Quartermaster, Radarman, Telegrapher, Signalman, Soundman, Storekeeper, Torpedoman?s Mate, Turret Captain, Yeoman, Officer?s Steward, Officer?s Cook, Athletic Instructor, Gunnery Instructor, I.B.M. Operator, Mail Clerk, Inspector of Naval Material, Recruiter, Shore Patrol, Teacher, Transport Airman, Welfare, Seaman Gunner, Gun Captain, Gun Range Finder Operator, Navy ?E? in Gunnery, Bombsight Mechanic, Gun Pointer, Rifle Sharpshooter, Ex-Apprentice, Mine Welfare, Construction Battalion, Aerial Gunner, Master Diver, Diver First Class, Master Horizontal Bomber, Parachute Man, Airship, Submarine,
Sergeant Major, Master Gunnery, First Sergeant, Master Technical Sergeant, Quartermaster Sergeant, Paymaster Sergeant, Gunnery Sergeant, Drum Major, Supply Sergeant, Platoon Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Sergeant, Corporal, Private First Class Musician Marine Band, Fourragere
Patches and Unit Insignia are shown for the following:
2
nd
Infantry, 501
st
parachute Infantry Regiment, Air Force Proving Ground Group, 156
th
Field Artillery, 21
st
Coast Artillery, 217
th
coast Artillery, 243
rd
Coast Artillery, 649
th
Engineer Topographic Battalion, 511
th
Engineer Separate Battalion, 30
th
Engineer Topographic Battalion, 27
th
Engineer Battalion, Headquarters 18
th
Wing, Air Forces, 31
st
Fighter Group, Air Forces, Ground Forces, Air Forces, Service Forces, First Army, Second Army, Third Army, Fourth Army, I Corps, II corps, III Corps, IV Corps, V Corps, VI Corps, VII corps, VIII Corps, IX Corps, X Corps, XI Corps, XII Corps, XIII Corps, XIV Corps, XIX Corps, First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, Fifth Division, Sixth Division, Seventh division, Eighth Division, Ninth Division, Twenty-sixth Division, Twenty-seventh Division, Twenty-eighth Division, Twenty-ninth Division, Thirtieth Division, Thirty-first Division, Thirty-second Division, Thirty-third Division, Thirty-fourth Division, Thirty-fifth Division, Thirty-sixth Division, Thirty-seventh Division, Thirty-eighth Division, Fortieth Division Forty-first division, Forty-third Division, Forth-fourth Division, Forty-fifth Division, Seventy-sixth Division, Seventy-seventh Division, Seventy-eighth Division, Seventy-ninth division, Eightieth Division, Eighty-first Division, Eighty-second Division, Airborne, Eighty-third Division, Eighty-fourth Division, Eighty-firth division, Eighty-sixth Division, Eighty-seventy Division, Eighty-eighth Division, Eighty-ninth Division, Ninetieth Division, Ninety-first Division, Ninety-second Division, Ninety-third Division, Ninety-fourth Division, Ninety-fifth Division, Ninety-sixth Division, Ninety-seventh Division, Ninety-eighth Division, ninety-ninth Division, One Hundredth Division, One Hundred First Division, One Hundred Second Division, One Hundred Third Division, One Hundred Fourth Division, Hawaiian Division, Philippine Division, First Cavalry Division, Second Cavalry Division, Third Cavalry Division, Twenty-fourth Cavalry Division, Sixty-first Cavalry Division, Sixty-second Cavalry Division, Sixty-third Cavalry Division, Sixty-fourth Cavalry Division, Sixty-fifth Cavalry Division, Sixty-sixth Cavalry Division, Armored Force, Armored Corps, Armored Division, Tank Destroyer Forces, First Service Command, Second Service Command, Third Service Command, Fourth Service Command, Fifth Service Command, Sixth Service Command, Seventh Service Command, Eighth Service Command, Ninth Service Command, Antiaircraft Artillery Command, Western Defense Command, New England Frontier Defense Sector, New York-Philadelphia Frontier Defense Sector, Chesapeake Bay Frontier Defense Sector, Southern Coastal Frontier Defense Sector, Pacific Coastal Frontier Defense Sector, Military District of Washington, Panama Canal Department, Philippine Department, Hawaiian Department, General Headquarters Reserve,
One Hundred Sixth Division, Antiaircraft Command, Antiaircraft Artillery Command, Eastern Defense Command, Atlantic Base Commands, Greenland Base Command, Labrador and Northeast Canada Command, Replacement and School Command, Armature Specialist, Communication Specialist, Engineering Specialist, Photography Specialist, Weather Specialist, Technical Training Command, Air Service Command, Air Transport Command, Materiel Command, 3
rd
Antisubmarine, 4
th
Antisubmarine, 11
th
Antisubmarine, 2
nd
Air Base, 5
th
Air Base, 6
th
Air Base, 18
th
Air Base, 20
th
Air Base, 30
th
Air Base, 34
th
Air Base, 35
th
Air Base, 36
th
Air Base, 54
th
Air Base, 73
rd
Air Base, 304
th
Air Base, 307
th
Air Base, 311
th
Air Base, 428
th
Air Base, 475
th
Air Base, 1
st
Bombardment, 2
nd
Bombardment, 3
rd
Bombardment, 4
th
Bombardment, 5
th
Bombardment, 6
th
Bombardment, 7
th
Bombardment, 9
th
Bombardment, 10
th
Bombardment, 11
th
Bombardment, 14
th
Bombardment, 15
th
Bombardment, 17
th
Bombardment, 18
th
Bombardment, 19
th
Bombardment, 20
th
Bombardment, 23
rd
Bombardment, 25
th
Bombardment, 27
th
Bombardment, 29
th
Bombardment, 30
th
Bombardment, 30
th
Bombardment, 31
st
Bombardment, 32
nd
Bombardment, 33
rd
Bombardment, 34
th
Bombardment, 37
th
Bombardment, 41
st
Bombardment,
42
nd
Bombardment, 43
rd
Bombardment, 44
th
Bombardment, 45
th
Bombardment, 46
th
Bombardment, 48
th
Bombardment, 49
th
Bombardment, 50
th
Bombardment, 52
nd
Bombardment, 53
rd
Bombardment, 54
th
Bombardment, 55
th
Bombardment, 56
th
Bombardment, 57
th
Bombardment, 61
st
Bombardment, 63
rd
Bombardment, 70
th
Bombardment, 72
nd
Bombardment, 73
rd
Bombardment, 76
th
Bombardment, 81
st
Bombardment, 82
nd
Bombardment, 84
th
Bombardment, 87
th
Bombardment, 93
rd
Bombardment, 94
th
Bombardment, 95
th
Bombardment, 96
th
Bombardment, 99
th
Bombardment, 305
th
Bombardment, 306
th
Bombardment, 307
th
Bombardment, 308
th
Bombardment, 309
th
Bombardment, 311
th
Bombardment, 312
th
Bombardment, 316
th
Bombardment, 322
nd
Bombardment, 323
rd
Bombardment, 338
th
Bombardment, 339
th
Bombardment, 370
th
Bombardment, 372
nd
Bombardment, 375
th
Bombardment, 382
nd
Bombardment, 383
rd
Bombardment, 385
th
Bombardment, 388
th
Bombardment, 391
st
Bombardment, 392
nd
Bombardment, 393
rd
Bombardment, 394
th
Bombardment, 397
th
Bombardment, 399
th
Bombardment, 402
nd
Bombardment, 404
th
Bombardment, 408
th
Bombardment, 409
th
Bombardment, 411
th
Bombardment, 417
th
Bombardment, 420
th
Bombardment, 424
th
Bombardment, 426
th
Bombardment, 429
th
Bombardment, 430
th
Bombardment, 431
st
Bombardment, 432
nd
Bombardment, 436
th
Bombardment, 461
st
, Bombardment 462
nd
Bombardment, 463
rd
Bombardment, 470
th
Bombardment, 471
st
Bombardment, 472
nd
Bombardment, 473
rd
Bombardment, 1
st
Communications, 2
nd
Communications, 3
rd
Communications, 1
st
Composite, 24
th
Ferrying, 3rdFighter, 6
th
Fighter, 13
th
Fighter, 17
th
Fighter, 19
th
Fighter, 21
st
Fighter, 24
th
Fighter, 27
th
Fighter, 29
th
Fighter, 33
rd
Fighter, 35
th
Fighter, 36
th
Fighter, 37
th
Fighter, 38
th
Fighter, 41
st
Fighter, 43
rd
Fighter, 44
th
Fighter, 46
th
Fighter, 48
th
Fighter, 50
th
Fighter, 55
th
Fighter, 60
th
Fighter, 65
th
Fighter, 66
th
Fighter, 69
th
Fighter, 73
rd
Fighter, 74
th
Fighter, 77
th
Fighter, 78
th
Fighter, 79
th
Fighter, 84
th
Fighter, 88
th
Fighter, 94
th
Fighter, 96
th
Fighter, 97
th
Fighter, 313
th
Fighter, 319
th
Fighter, 320
th
Fighter, 321
st
Fighter, 322
nd
Fighter, 327
th
Fighter, 341
st
Fighter, 1
st
Observation,2
nd
Observation, 3
rd
Observation, 6
th
Observation, 7
th
Observation, 11
th
Observation, 12
th
Observation, 13
th
Observation, 14
th
Observation, 15
th
Observation, 27
th
Observation, 39
th
Observation, 82
nd
Observation, 91
st
Observation, 107
th
Observation, 108
th
Observation, 109
th
Observation, 110
th
Observation, 111
th
Observation, 112
th
Observation, 113
th
Observation, 115
th
Observation, 116
th
Observation, 118
th
Observation, 119
th
Observation, 120
th
Observation, 124
th
Observation, 152
nd
Observation, 153
rd
Observation, 154
th
Observation, 46
th
School, 47
th
School, 52
nd
School, 53
rd
School, 2
nd
Sea Search Attack, 3
rd
Service, 40
th
Service, 57
th
Service, 58
th
Service, 87
th
Service, 100
th
Service, 3
rd
Staff, 1
st
Tow Target, 2
nd
Tow Target, 4
th
Tow Target, 8
th
Tow Target, 9
th
Tow Target, 4
th
Troop Carrier, 6
th
Troop Carrier, 9
th
Troop Carrier, 14
th
Troop Carrier, 20
th
Troop Carrier, 21
st
Troop Carrier, 26
th
Troop Carrier, 27
th
Troop Carrier, 30
th
Troop Carrier, 38
th
Troop Carrier, 39
th
Troop Carrier, 40
th
Troop Carrier, 41
st
Troop Carrier, 43
rd
Troop Carrier, 46
th
Troop Carrier, 47
th
Troop Carrier, 49
th
Troop Carrier,VB-3, VB-4, VB-6, VB-11, VB-13, VB-20, VB-41, VB-42, VB-101, VB-135, VB-136, VF-3, VF-6, VF-10, VF-28, VF-29, VF-41, VO-1, VO-2, VO-3, VO-4, VD-1, VP-11, VP-12, VP-14, VP-23, VP-31, VP-32, VP-52, VP-71, VP-72, VP-73, VP-74, VP-81, VP-101, VP-201, VJ-1, VJ-2, VJ-3, VJ-5, VS-33, VT-3, VT-4, VT-6, VCS-2, VCS-3, VCS-5, VCS-6, VCS-7, VCS-8, VCS-9, Enterprise, Ranger, Saratoga, Wright, CASU-3, CQTU-G.L., TTS-Pacific, TTS-Atlantic, Cape May, Coco Solo, Hutchinson, Jacksonville, Norman, Pearl Harbor, Pensacola, Quonset, San Diego, Seattle, MAW-1, MAW-11, MAG-21, VMF-111, VMF-211, VMSB-131, VMSB-231, VMSB-232, VMS-3, VMJ-252, ZMQ-1, Langley, Lexington, Yorktown, VB-5, VF-2, VF-5, VF-71, VF-72, VS-5, VS-71, VS-72, VT-2, VT-5
Also included are color illustrations
of insignia for the
United States Maritime Service, United States Public Health Service, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States Army Transportation Corps Vessels, American Red Cross, Air Carrier Contract Personnel (Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Forces)
and the
Civil Air Patrol!!!
This
amazing
issue is arguably the
best reference source
for identifying patches, badges, buttons and insignia from some of the important yet often overlooked governmental support functions!
United States Maritime Service
Cap devices for Officer, Officers Branch of Service Marks for Line, Supply, Hospital Corps, Radio, Christian Chaplain, Jewish Chaplain, Navy Shoulder Marks and Sleeve Stripes for Vice Admiral, Rear Admiral, Commodore, Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commander, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Ensign, Chief Warrant Officer (Ship?s Clerk), Warrant Officer (Electrician), Boatswain, Electrician, Machinist, Carpenter, Pay Clerk, Photographer, Ship?s Clerk, Radio Electrician, Pharmacist, United States Maritime Service Corp device, cap device and specialty marks for Chief (Boatswain?s mate) Chief First Class (Carpenter?s Mate), Chief Second Class (Machinist?s Mate), Chief Third Class (Radioman), Baker, Cook, Chief Commissary Steward, Electrician?s Mate, Gunner?s Mate,
Hospital Apprentice, Pharmacist?s Mate, Metalsmith, Shipfitter, Motor Machinist?s Mate, Musician, Photographer?s Mate, Printer, Quartermaster, signalman, Storekeeper, and Yeoman.
United States Public Health Service
USPHS cap device and button, Pin-on miniature rank devices for Surgeon General and Assistant to the Surgeon General, Medical Director and Assistant Surgeon General, Senior Surgeon, Passed Assistant Surgeon, Assistant Surgeon, corps devices for medical and Engineer Officers, Acting Assistant Surgeon, Dental Officer, Scientific Officer, shoulder and sleeve stripes for Surgeon General and Assistant to the Surgeon General, Medical Director and Assistant Surgeon General, Senior Surgeon, Passed Assistant Surgeon, Assistant Surgeon, Acting Assistant Surgeon, Chaplain, Intern, Pharmacist, Administrative Assistant and U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps sleeve insignia.
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Cap device and corps devices for Commissioned Officer, Chief Engineer, Surgeon, Mate, shoulder marks and sleeve stripes for Rear Admiral, Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commander, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Ensign, garrison cap device, pin-on miniature rank devices for Rear Admiral, Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commander, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Ensign, rating badges for Chief (yeoman), Chief (Boatswain), Radio Technician, Oiler, Coxswain, Officers? Steward or Cook, cap device for Officers? Steward or Cook, Specialty Marks for Electrician, Quartermaster, Master at Arms, Pharmacist, Carpenter, and the U.S.C. & G. Survey band for the blue cap.
United States Army Transportation Corps Vessels
Cap, collar, lapel insignia and buttons for Marine Superintendent, Superintending Engineer, Engineer Officers, Chief and Asst. Engineer, Master, Chief Stevedore, Deck Officers, Master, Mate, Pilot, Transportation Agent, Clerks on Piers, Radioman, Coat Sleeves for ship officials including Master, Chief Engineer, Chief Officer, Staff Engineer, First Officer, First Asst. Engineer, Second Officer, Second Asst. Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Third Officer, Third Asst. Engineer, Junior Third Officer, Junior Third Asst. Engineer, Transportation Agent, Chief Steward, Master Chief Engineer, Chief officer, Staff Engineer, 1
st
Officer, 1
st
Asst. Engineer, Transportation Agent, 2
nd
Officer, 2
nd
Asst. Engineer, 3
rd
Officer, 3
rd
Asst. Engineer, Transportation Clerk, Junior 3
rd
Officer, Junior 3
rd
Asst. Engineer, Chief Steward, cap insignia for petty officers including Machinist, Refrigerating Engineer, Deck Engineer, Chief Electrician, Plumber, Boilermaker, Water Tender, Boatswain, Carpenter, master at Arms, Wheelman, Yeoman, rating devices for Oiler, Wheelman, Boatswain?s Mate, Carpenter?s Mate, Fireman, Coal Passer.
American Red Cross
Services to the Armed Forces devices including men?s Cap Shield, Men?s Lapel or Collar shield, Blood Donor Pins, Sleeve Emblems Rut-out Red Cross, nursing service devices including Home Nursing, Sleeve Emblem Enrollment Badge, Instructor?s patch, ARC bronze initials, Nursing Service Student Reserve, Volunteer Special Services insignia including Administration, Production, Volunteer Nurse?s Aide, Staff Assistance, Hospital and Recreation, Motor, Home Service, Canteen, Emergency Corps Replacement Pin, Chairman, Vice Chairman bar pins, Dietitian?s Aide, Advanced First Aid pin, Sergeant Motor Corps, Corporal Motor Corps, Captain Motor Corps, 1
st
Lieutenant Motor Corps, 2
nd
Lieutenant Motor Corps, Car Tag, Sleeve Emblem, Motor Corps Sleeve Emblem, Collar Tabs, Indoor Uniform Patches, Service Chevron and Bar, Production Instructor, Garment Label, ribbon epaulets, Nutrition Service including Nutrition Aide, Canteen Instructor, Nutritionist Pin, Nutrition Instructor, Nutrition Committee, First Aid and Water Safety including Life Saving Senior, Life Saving Junior, Emergency Service Emblem (disaster relief), Volunteer First Aid Detachment Arm Emblem, First Aid Instructor, Water Safety Instructor, Firemen, Policemen, Car Tag, American Junior Red Cross patches, World War 1 WW1 World War One Service Medals and Ribbons,
Air Carrier Contract Personnel (Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Forces)
Cap devices, insignia including ATC cap badge, Shoulder Loop, button, non-combatant sleeve emblem, ground personnel sleeve emblem, wings for Chief Pilot, Pilot, Co-Pilot, Flight Navigator, Flight Radio Operator, Flight Mechanic, sleeve stripes on coats and shoulder loops on trench coats for Chief Pilot, Pilot, Division Superintendent, Co-Pilot, Station manager, Flight Crew and Asst. Station manager.
Civil Air Patrol
Officer service cap device, CAP lapel initials and wings, shoulder loop, coat sleeve marking, garrison cap badge, shoulder sleeve patch, Duck Club, Pilot with Private License or Higher wings, Observer wings, ACP Coastal Patrol, Conn, CAP 3
rd
Task Force, Civilian Dress Pin, Guard at Base, Commendation, merit, Distinguished Service, Cadet shoulder sleeve patch, chevrons for Master Sergeant, First Sergeant, Technical Sergeant, Sergeant, Corporal, Private First Class, active duty unit patches for Coastal Patrol, Liaison Patrol, Forest Patrol and Courier Service.
In addition
to the
excellent
color images there is
substantial
text describing the various awards and their history.
Here are two examples:
Civil Air Patrol
?Courier Service, with its winged foot of Mercury, flies regular routes and schedules daily to carry urgent shipments for industrial plants, and materiel, mail and dispatches between Army posts.
Towing aerial gunnery targets and tracking to give aiming practice to antiaircraft guns and searchlights are related duties.?
American Red Cross
?Nursing Service.
By Act of Congress, April 23, 1908, the American Red Cross is charges with maintaining a reserve of nurses on which the Army and navy can draw.
This Service assists in disaster relief work and conducts a nation-wide program of instruction in home nursing.
Each nurse is presented with an Enrollment Badge upon enrollment.
It is worn at neck of outdoor uniform blouse, or if tie is worn, half-way down the tie; worn at neck or over left breast of nurse?s indoor hospital uniform, or over left breast with regular dress.?
Additionally there are color images of all the Army, Navy, Army Air Corps, Marine and Coast Guard medals, insignia, devices, badges and service ribbons as they were at the time of World War Two
including
Women?s Reserve of the US Naval Reserve (WAVES), Women?s Reserve of the US Coast Guard Reserve (SPARS), US Marine Corp?s Women?s Reserve, Women?s Army Crops (WACS), and the Army Hostess and Librarian Service!
Medals, insignia, devices, service ribbons and badges are shown for the following:
Army Medals of Honor
old and new models!
(1862-1896, 1896-1904 & 1904 - present), Legion of Merit Chief Commander, Commander, Legionnaire, Officer, Air Medal, Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal, Medal for Merit, American Defense Service Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy, Organization Citation Army, Navy and Marine Corps Ribbon, Merchant Marine Combat Bar, American Typhus Commission Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Theater, American Theater, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Medal of Honor, Marine Corps Brevet, Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, Air Medal, Specially Meritorious Medal, Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, Gold Lifesaving Medal, Silver Lifesaving Medal, Medal for Merit, Dewey Medal, Sampson Medal, NC-4 Medal, Byrd Antarctic Expedition, Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, Civil War Campaign, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, Spanish Campaign, Philippine Campaign, China Relief Expedition, Cuban Pacification, Nicaraguan Campaign (1912), Mexican Service, Haitian Campaign (1915), Dominican Campaign, Victory Medal, Army of Occupation of Germany (1918), Haitian Campaign (1919-1920), Second Nicaraguan Campaign, Yangtze Service, China Service, American Defense Service, American Theater, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Navy Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal, Bailey Medal, Naval Reserve Medal, Marine Corps Reserve Medal, Navy Distinguished Marksman Distinguished Pistol Shot, Navy Expert Rifleman, Navy Expert Pistol Shot, Coast Guard Expert Rifleman, Coast Guard Expert Pistol Shot, Gold Star for Second Award, Bronze Star, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Soldier?s Medal, Indian Campaign, Spanish Campaign, Spanish War Service, Army of Cuban Occupation, Army of Puerto Rican Occupation, Philippine Congressional Medal, Army of Cuban Pacification, Mexican Border Service, Rosette Medal of Honor, Victory Button, Army Lapel Button for Service, Navy Honorable Discharge Button, Marine Corps Honorable Discharge Button, Coast Guard Honorable Discharge Button, US Reserve Army Chemical Warfare Button, Army Aviation Cadet Reserve Button, Naval Reserve Inactive Pin, Naval Reserve Honorable Discharge Button, Marine Corps Reserve Pin, Cardenas Medal of Honor (Coast Guard), Navy Good Conduct Bar, Expert Marksman, Sharpshooter First-Class Gunner, Marksman Second-Class Gunner, Army Bar, Corps Area Bar, Corps Area Badge, Rifle Teams, Pistol Teams, Automatic Rifle Teams, Army Badge with Bar and Clasp, Distinguished Marksman, Distinguished Pistol Shot, Distinguished Automatic Rifleman, Distinguished Aerial Bomber, Distinguished Aerial Gunner, Admiral Trenchard Section Navy League Turret-gun-pointer Medal, Gunpointing Light Artillery, Knox Trophy Medals for Army and Navy, Expert Rifleman?s Medal, Fleet Rifleman, Fleet Pistol Shot, Lauchheimer Trophy Medal, Marine Corps Rifle Competition, Marine Corps Pistol Competition, Requalification Bar, Basic Badge with Expert Automatic Rifle Bar, Pershing Trophy Medal High Individual Rifle Team Match, National Trophy Medal Rifle Team Match, Hilton Trophy Medal Rifle Team Match, Soldier of Marathon Medal Rifle Team Match, Infantry Match Trophy Medal, National Individual Rifle Match, National Individual Pistol Match, National Pistol Team Match. Minute Man Medal Rifle Match, Coast Artillery Medal for Marine Corps, CMTC, ROTC, Link Trainer Instr, AP Armorer, Driver ? T, Driver ? M, Mechanic, Driver ? W, WX Forecaster, T Ret & Sight SP, Army Air Force Technician Badge, WASP Wings.
This amazing issue also lists and shows all the official clasps or bars for the Victory Medal including:
Cambrai, Somme Defensive, Lys, Aisne, Montdidier-Noyon, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Somme Offensive, Oise-Aisne, Ypres-Lys, St Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Vittorio-Veneto, Defensive Sector, France, Italy, Siberia, Russia, England, St. Mihiel, Overseas, Armed Guard, Asiatic, Atlantic Fleet, Aviation, Destroyer, Escort, Grand Fleet, Mine Laying, Mine Sweeping, Mobile Base, Naval Battery, Patrol, Salvage, Subchaser, Submarine, Transport, West Indies, White Seas.
This issue further identifies
which of these bars were awarded by which branch of service (Army & Navy
) so that you can easily identify if a Victory Medal was awarded to a soldier or a sailor!!
Included is also a narrative about the background and history of many of these medals.
Here is an example of the narrative for the Silver Star:
?In 1932 the Army Silver Citation Star was placed on a bronze pendant and a ribbon of its own was designed, instead of being placed on a campaign medal ribbon.
Silver Star Medal, by Act of Congress December 15, 1942, is awarded for ?each citation of any person for gallantry in action.?
This issue also includes color pictures of basic collar insignia and hats/headgear for the Women?s Reserve of the US Naval Reserve (WAVES), Women?s Reserve of the US Coast Guard Reserve (SPARS), US Marine Corp?s Women?s Reserve, Women?s Army Crops (WACS), and the Army Hostess and Librarian Service.
Simply put, this is arguably THE BEST, single source identification guide to collecting United States WW2 militaria!
This particular issue is in fair to good condition. F
ull covers with some creasing, fading and spine loss. All internal pages are complete and bright.  No smells or water damage.