Can You Identify This WWII American Infantry Medal/Badge?

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CBU90 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 05/18/2012 10:31 pm My family and I were recently going through family photos when we stumbled across this picture of my great grandfather in his military dress uniform from WWII. None of us know his story, what regiment he was in, etc, other than the fact that he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. This was my first time seeing the photograph and the medal struck me as very similar to a German Iron Cross. Upon further inspection I saw that the medal on his jacket was fatter than an iron cross. We also agreed it would be very weird for an American to to be wearing a German medal. Upon further googling we found some other infantry dress photos with similar crosses with slightly different alterations of the cross. I figured that it is probably an infantry regimental medal/badge, but we have no clue what regiment he was in. It would be extremely helpful if anyone could help identify what regiment he was in or tell the story behind this medal. Thanks! Edited by CBU90 05/18/2012 10:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 05/18/2012 10:49 pm kind of looks like a Marksman Badge, then he would have bars below for types of weapons Here is what I think http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Armyqual.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
CBU90 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 05/18/2012 10:55 pm Thank you! That does look very similar to it! I would assume the bars beneath it would be for each weapon proficiency. If so, that's very cool! Report this Post to the Staff
CBU90 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 05/18/2012 10:57 pm Also, the other badge that I saw that I said looked similar appears to be a Sharpshooter badge! Report this Post to the Staff
daniels Pillar of the Community United States 1620 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 5:58 pm That's what that is I'm in the army and each link below it is for a weapon he is certified on pistol,carbine,rifle what ever else they had back then thanks for sharing the picture Edited by daniels 05/20/2012 6:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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