Genuine WW2 US Army COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE (CIB) 1st Award - Silver & Enamel

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COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE The Combat Infantryman Badge ( CIB ) is a United States Army military award. The badge is awarded to infantrymen and Special Forces Soldiers in the rank of Colonel and below, who personally fought in active ground combat while assigned as members of either an infantry, Ranger or Special Forces unit, of brigade size or smaller, any time after 6 December 1941. The CIB and its non-combat contemporary, the Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) were simultaneously created during World War II to enhance the morale and prestige of service in the infantry. Specifically, it recognizes the inherent sacrifices of all infantrymen, and that, in comparison to all other military occupational specialities, infantrymen face the greatest risk of being wounded or killed in action.The design inspiration of the U.S. Army’s Combat Infantryman Badge derives from two Wehrmacht infantry combat service recognition decorations: the Infantry Assault Badge ( Infanterie Sturmabzeichen ), featuring a service rifle enclosed in an oak-leaf wreath, and the Close Combat Clasp ( Nahkampfspange ).The original, Second World War-model CIB was a silver and enamel badge, consisting of a 3-inch-wide (76 mm) rectangular bar with an infantry-blue field upon which is superimposed the War of Independence-era Springfield Arsenal Musket, Model 1795. The composite read more

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