WWII Occupation Period

ARTIFACT: Great, salty circa 1946 Chinese – made United States Marine Corps 1st Division silver ring. In August of 1942, the 1st Division was deployed to the island of Guadalcanal, part of the Solomon Islands, stationed off the coast on the USS...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Army Air Forces 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force jacket patch. The 328th was activated January 28, 1942, and earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for a maneuver in Rumania. The patch was made in the...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful early Occupation Period, late 1940's United States Army 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion distinctive insignia, German-made. The center shows a red 'burst' or 'explosion' surrounded by a white cloud against a blue background and a scroll...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late World War II French Navy ship badge for the destroyer (contre-torpilleur) Le Malin. The Malin (The Malignant) was launched August 17, 1933 and decommissioned in February 196During an evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk...

ARTIFACT: This is a post-1945, late 1940's enamel hat badge for the Austrian National Police. The maroon and white enameled badge features Austria's Coat of Arms, an eagle wearing a Mural Crown, holding a hammer in one talon, a sickle in the other and a...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of Detlev Niemann's "Price Guide: Orders and Decorations Germany, 1871-1945 (Bewertungs-Katalog: Orden und Ehrenzeichen Deutschland)", Second Edition (subtitle: Orders, Decorations, Award Documents, Miniatures and Cases...