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[Scott C.]

Just pulled this cased medallion from the back of the drawer, and was wondering if I could get more info about it. I believe it was award to a US Army field-grade officer for his time on the staff of this unit (I could be wrong about that).

Curious to know if this is this a "special" award, or one any member of the armed forces could have purchased at the local uniform shop? What unit does the crest on the front represent? Can the timeframe of the piece be determined based on the signature on the back?

Any info on this piece is appreciated.

[Gordon Craig]

Scott,


The crest is for the IInd Korps. I don't know if these were available for local purchase or if they were designed by the Korps as presentation pieces. Perhaps someone else on the forum can give you a more complete answer. There were a lot of presentation pieces given out by different BW formations but this is the first one like this I have seen. More often a wall type plaque was used.

Regards,

Gordon

[Scott C.]

Thanks Gordon. Hopefully more info will come forward. I should have mentioned this medallion is about 3 inches in diameter.

[Gordon Craig]

Scott,

You are welcome. Here are a couple of examples of presentation pieces from my collection. One a wall plaque and the other an engraved silver plate.


Regards,

Gordon

[Gordon Craig]

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[Scott C.]

Those are great Gordon - thanks for posting them

[Proud Kraut]

Curious to know if this is this a "special" award, or one any member of the armed forces could have purchased at the local uniform shop? What unit does the crest on the front represent? Can the timeframe of the piece be determined based on the signature on the back?

Any info on this piece is appreciated.

Yes, for shure a special award, presented by the Chief Of Staff/Deputy Commander of the II. Korps, usually for extraordinary accomplishments. The second Corps (from 1993 to 2005 II. GE/US Korps) had several U.S. units attached. This coin could be very well awarded to U.S. liasion personnel as well.
Now we have to find out which Brigadegeneral W.i....? served as COS at what time in Ulm.
In every case nothing one could buy at the cafeteria;-)

[Scott C.]

Thank you Proud Kraut!