Original U.S. WWII Bronze Star With “Combat V” Award Citation With Documents and Replacement Medals for Chief Radioman Robert Emmet Miley - For Actions Against Enemy Forces on Saipan, Angaur and Iwo Jima Magazines but the collector we purchased

but the collector we purchased from said that they definitely go together

The interior leather sweatband is in great condition

On the right sleeve is a very beautiful Jäger troops sleeve badge in very good condition

but inferior to mortars for static trench warfare

even with the scattered light pitting:

Original U.S. WWII Bronze Star With “Combat V” Award Citation With Documents and Replacement Medals for Chief Radioman Robert Emmet Miley - For Actions Against Enemy Forces on Saipan, Angaur and Iwo Jima Magazines but the collector we purchasedOriginal Items: Only One Grouping Available. The Bronze Star became part of the military award catalog in 1944. Colonel Russell Potter Reeder came up with the idea for the medal after an injury in Normandy, which medically retired him from the Army. While he received the Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star after he returned home from battle, he wanted commanders in the field to have a way to award ground troops