Bidspirit auction | A Named World War II

A Named World War II and Korean War First Special Service Force Medal and Insignia Grouping for - A comprehensive military memorabilia collection attributed to Gerald E. Rodehaver, documenting service in both the United States Army during World War II and the United States Air Force in the post-war period. The centerpiece of the collection is a named Army Commendation Medal, hexagonal in form, with the reverse officially engraved GERALD E. RODEHAVER under the text FOR MILITARY MERIT. The collection includes a distinctive First Special Service Force (FSSF) shoulder sleeve insignia, a red arrowhead-shaped felt patch with USA and CANADA embroidered vertically in white. Also present is a full-size Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) in silver-tone metal with a blue enamel field and clutch-back fasteners. A group of full-size medals includes an Air Force Commendation Medal, an American Defense Service Medal, a French Medaille de la France Liberee (French Liberation Medal), and an Armed Forces Reserve Medal. A separate mounted medal bar features the American Campaign Medal (one bronze star), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (three bronze stars), World War II Victory Medal, American Defense Service Medal, and Armed Forces Reserve Medal. The bar is mounted on a period leather and fabric backing. The three-row ribbon bar includes the Bronze Star Medal (with V device for valor and two bronze oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (with two bronze oak leaf clusters), American Defense Service, American Campaign (one star), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign (three stars), World War II Victory, Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with bronze hourglass device), a foreign service ribbon, and the United Nations Service Medal for Korea. Accompanying the items is a black and white photograph of Gerald E. Rodehaver in a field uniform, wearing an M1 helmet and early-pattern field jacket with visible infantry officer branch insignia and a Combat Infantryman Badge.