Devious6 Posted June 30, 2011 Share #51 Posted June 30, 2011 What a great collection!! You've certainly got great documentation and context for the awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devious6 Posted June 30, 2011 Share #52 Posted June 30, 2011 What a great collection!! You've certainly got great documentation and context for the awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicjoy1945 Posted June 30, 2011 Share #53 Posted June 30, 2011 I have Soldier's Medal that was issued posthumously for the heroic deeds of a soldier who died attempting to rescue another from drowning during a training exercise. I dont' remember if the incident was prior to WWII or during the early years of WWII. The medal is officially engraved. Very sad... Vic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted June 30, 2011 Share #54 Posted June 30, 2011 Those are some Nice Soldiers Medals.Its Great to be able to see them.Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 5, 2011 Share #55 Posted July 5, 2011 These will be my last medals I have to contribute to this thread. I got these probably 15 years ago or so now, maybe a bit less. They came in 1981 dated boxes, both medals are crimp broach, I also have the certificate folders and other small related bits and pieces; no certificates though, and no research either. I have played around with the research off and on over the years but have never seriously attacked it. One of these days. Engraving on crimp broach, newer, post-Vietnam made medals can, I think, be tricky at times. Much of it we as collectors dismiss as fake or not "official". On this set, I honestly do not know. Obviously the engraving is not Vietnam War period or style, nor earlier of course either. So that leaves it at being jeweler or trophy shop done (I'd lean towards that route) or done "locally" perhaps, for presentation? I dunno. The Navy Commendation Medal engraving is much closer to more recent official types I have had and seen, the N&MC Medal is clearly not. Tear it apart folks, comment on it, whatever. I have my big boy britches on tonight so I can take it I posted them just to show them, as old ones are rare as hens teeth, newer ones I think even more so. MW There's a fellow by that exact name, 63 years old, living in Jacksonville, FL. He's a psychologist and a runner. Could it be the same guy? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmar Posted July 5, 2011 Share #56 Posted July 5, 2011 I'll jump on the bandwagon! A lot of nice examples shown so far, hope more will follow. Here's mine: 1st Lt Robert H. Countryman O-855267 53rd Air Service Squadron, 70th Service Group Date of Death: 9 Dec 1944 Cause of death: Deemed KIA. Bomb explosion after plane crash. Champigneul, Marne, France. Medal awarded posthumously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper23 Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share #57 Posted July 25, 2011 I am back after 30 days of leave before going back overseas. These are great photos and information, Thanks to all of you for sharing. I have added several hundred new names to all of my medals list. Please let me know if I can use the photos for my books. I will also look up in names if any needs me to. I am always interested in purchasing any Soldier's, Airman's or Navy and Marine Corps Medals or material related to the medals for my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobza Posted July 25, 2011 Share #58 Posted July 25, 2011 Ebay Soldiers Medal - crimp brooch - William J Beyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMariner Posted November 11, 2016 Share #59 Posted November 11, 2016 I wanted to bring this thread back to the top and see what else is out there! Truly one of my favorite US medals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMcollector Posted November 11, 2016 Share #60 Posted November 11, 2016 Corporal Adolph J. Malinowski (Service #31138830) was born June 27, 1913 in Boston Massachusetts. Malinowski enlisted in the U.S. Army July 13, 1942 & trained at the Military Police Training Center - 380th AAF Base. From August 21, 1944 through September 13, 1944. Corporal Malinowski served overseas in Central Europe with Co. G of the 309th Infantry Regiment throughout World War II. Malinowski was a Carbine Marksman & he was awarded the Soldier's Medal for Valor #5331 (GO 332 AF HQS 1943). While The corporal was serving in Hofgeismar Germany when he was awarded his Good Conduct Medal on August 8th 1945. Corporal Malinowski was honorably discharged from the Army March 6, 1946. Adolph lived into his 80's when he passed away October 31, 1997. He is buried at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Essex County, Massachusetts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sapper23 Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share #64 Posted November 11, 2016 It is great to see this topic still going. My books are still progressing. Here is one to SP4 Thomas C. Wilson, 51st Chemical Detachment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, for a bit of an unusual reason on 11 January 1966 in Vietnam. It is not engraved on the reverse. Please continue showing these Soldier's medals and telling their stories. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMariner Posted November 11, 2016 Share #65 Posted November 11, 2016 Thanks everyone for commenting and showing more of your medals! I love the soldiers medal, such an iconic piece of military history! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 11, 2016 Share #66 Posted November 11, 2016 Soldiers Medal # 19 from 1928 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/265375-early-1928-soldiers-medal-19-grouping-captured-bandit/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Adam R Posted November 14, 2016 Share #68 Posted November 14, 2016 Here's another early example. It was made by the US Mint and is numbered "42". Issued for exhibition purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 14, 2016 Share #69 Posted November 14, 2016 I just got back the AGO award card for Fox's medal. It confirms 19 was his medal number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriStateGuard Posted November 18, 2016 Share #70 Posted November 18, 2016 Soldier's Medal of 2LT George I Poos, C Company, 93rd Chemical Mortar Battalion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriStateGuard Posted November 18, 2016 Share #71 Posted November 18, 2016 Photo: LT Poos on the left, with two other Soldiers of the 93rd receiving their Soldier's Medals, and one receiving his Purple Heart. 26 May, 1945, Weimar, Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper23 Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share #72 Posted November 18, 2016 This is so great to remember these brave soldier's who saved lives. I have SM numbered 45 which is also marked For Exhibition Purposes Only. Medal number 19 is the earliest one I have seen. Many numbered medals are not engraved, I am working on that list for my book. The numbers were not always recorded in the general orders, so it is very difficult to ID them. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam R Posted November 18, 2016 Share #73 Posted November 18, 2016 Here's another rare pre-war award for a lifesaving act in 1939. Welker had 30 years active duty (1936 to 1966). During WWII he earned the AP Campaign Medal with four battle stars and the invasion arrow head while serving with the 708th Amphibian Tank Battalion. He had Presidential Unit Citations from the Army, Navy and the Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam R Posted November 18, 2016 Share #74 Posted November 18, 2016 Detail of medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam R Posted November 18, 2016 Share #75 Posted November 18, 2016 Award card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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