Assistance in ID'ing Aiguillettes

[Edelweisse]

Hi Folks: I recently picked up this bunch of ten (10) aiguillettes at a WWII-1970s US Army vet estate sale, He was in the 1st ID and 1st AD and other units....I'm not 100% sure in identifying these.....too many colors..(i.e. WWI French, WWII French, or Belgium, or?) I would appreciate any assistance...Thank you

[doyler]

THe mostly gree are the French Croix De Guerre

 

The Mostly red are the Belgian CDG

[doyler]

THe green and yellow I recall is for the

 

Fourragere de la Médaille militaire(Military Medal)

 

 

In addition to the individual medal, the Médaille militaire is also authorized as a unit award to those military commands who display the same criteria of bravery as would be required for the individual medal. The médaille is displayed on the flag of these units. It is one of the rarest unit awards in the French military.^[2]

This unit award should not be confused with the fourragère de la médaille militaire, which is a cord suspended from the shoulder of a military uniform worn by members of units which had been mentioned in despatches. A fourragère aux couleurs du ruban de la médaille militaire (fourragère in the colours of the ribbon of the médaille militaire) is worn by units which had been mentioned four times, a fourragère aux couleurs de la légion d'honneur et de la médaille militaire (fourragère in the colours of the ribbons of the légion d'honneur and the médaille militaire) for units mentioned twelve times. Ten American units can wear the fourragère de la médaille militaire.

[usmedalman]

I believe the fouraguere with the loops on the end are WWII-Korea era and the ones with the OD green button tab on the end are Vietnam era and newer -- at least that was the style I worn when I was in the 82nd after I joined the Army in 1979. My father, who was in the 82nd in WWII has a fouraguere that is faded so much it is almost pink, just like the last one in your second photo.

[Kadet]

Rule of thumb; if it looks predominantly red it is Belgian, green it is French. The ones with the extra loops are the foreign made examples. The ones with the green button tabs are the simplified US made versions. This type can also be found on late WWII uniforms, although the same design was carried forward for many years

[kfields]

I was with the 16th Infantry in Germany in 1975 and here is the type of French fouraguere that were issued to us by Supply when we arrived that first week. Being in Germany, maybe it was foreign sourced? I didn't care about knowing stuff like that back then! Here it is on my old uniform: