WW2 Medals Insignia Ribbons Victory Medal Bar Guide Army Navy USMC USAF WAVES

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WW2 Medals Insignia Ribbons Victory Medal Bar Guide Army Navy USMC USAF WAVES :
$31.95

Here it is!!

This is the highly sought after original October 1943 National Geographic magazine issue that shows:

376 Color images of all the Army, Navy, Army Air Corps, Marine and Coast Guard medals, insignia, devices, badges andservice ribbonsas 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!

Simply put, this is one of the best, single source identification guides to collecting United States WW2 militaria!

Medals,insignia, devices, service ribbonsand 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.

This copy is infair togood condition withcover wear/toning/chipping and some spine loss.All the pages are intact with bright colors and no rips, tears or “dog ears.”

Check out my other sales for the 1943 ORIGINAL companion issuesAND the 1919issue that covers World War 1 patches!! Combined, these issues make up one of the best resource libraries forWorld War 1 and2insignia, medals and patches!!

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