Army CIB and Ribbon Bar Date

[cerick1450]

Hello

 

What era are these from?  A friend of mine came across these.  Post war..  Vietnam era??  No clutches with them...

Thank you..

 

[steeve555]

I can't say WW 2 but if it was Korean war or later there would be a National Defense ribbon along with the  Bronze Star.  Also there are no campaign ribbons. The white and blue ribbon looks like an Arizona National Guard Medal of Valor Ribbon.  I could not find when they started giving it out.  CIB started in WW2.  Some one here knows more than me.  

[patches]

Mid to late 1960s, the Ribbon Mount are post 1965 NS Meyer M22 hallmarked, while the CIB is a Sterling NS Meyer, post 1965 Double Shield M22 Hallmark, by the late 60s CIBs are not made in Sterling anymore, bot in 1/20 Silver Filled. The Double ribbon, may have been the top row of a rack, seeing as these are two high awards, with the rest of the ribbons below it on Triple ribbon mounts .

[cerick1450]

Thank you for the information..

[rd12]

Notice that your badge has the Meyer Mark " 22M " in a shield. The institute of Heraldry switched from a single digit/single letter code to a double digit/single letter code around 1960.

For example, Meyer badges pre-1960 will use the code " 9M " and post 1960 they were assigned " 22M ". So we know your badge is post 1960.

In 1975, the Institute of Heraldry discontinued the use of Sterling and started to require 1/20 Silver Filled. Since your badge is "STERLING" we also know it is pre 1975.

That's about as much as we can narrow it down.