Vet Bring-back Medal Grouping

Product Description: This vet bring-back Medal Grouping is a really interesting and exciting set of souvenirs obtained by one US serviceman. These items were affixed to a piece of gold fabric by the veteran who took them; they have remained this way since the war, and we are keeping them together as a set. This collection consists of 14 pins and badges, and one belt buckle.  The only badge which does not have its reverse hardware is the single-winged late war “Ball Hinge” Flak badge on the lower area of the cloth, as it appears to be an unfinished badge. All of the other badges and pins are complete with all hardware. This grouping was stored well and taken care of over the years; the various pins and badges are just as they were when they were taken as war trophies, with only very slight age patina. The items include a bronze Close Combat Clasp, an Iron Cross 1st Class, a General Assault Badge, Panzer Assault Badge in Silver, a 1939 pattern silver Wound Badge, an Imperial pattern black Wound Badge and a number of membership pins and tinnies including a nice NSDAP membership pin. The buckle is a typical wartime Heer example, made of steel, retaining most of the original field gray paint. This vet bring-back Medal Grouping is loaded with history and visual appeal, and makes a great display item.

Historical Description: Writing in 1943, famed US war correspondent Ernie Pyle reported that a member of his gun crew quipped, “the Germans fight for Glory, their cities, and their homes. The Americans fight for souvenirs.” He was not the only wartime writer to chronicle the zeal of American soldiers for taking war trophies. Souvenirs were taken on the battlefield, and later, from factories, warehouses, depots and homes in the occupied areas, and from surrendering and captured soldiers. Many soldiers seem to have regarded almost anything as fair game; the spoils of war. Many soldiers found unique, personalized ways to carry, mail or display their war souvenirs, using flags or other cloth or leather items like pincushions for assortments of pins, awards and metal insignia. Over the years, many veterans traded their souvenirs away, gave them as gifts, sold or simply discarded them. Intact groupings of war souvenirs taken by one soldier have become scarce and now have their own collectible value that is often greater than the sum of their parts.

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