Lot 11 - A flag, attr. Germany, WWII vehicle recognition flag, purportedly captured by troops of a US Engineers Combat Battalion and subsequently signed by US soldiers of that group, plus the patches, buttons, and two medals with a copy of the Honourable Discharge papers of one of the purported soldiers, a Private 1st Class Carlyle W. Merrick (b.1921 - d.1992) of the 112th Engineer's Combat Battalion, including a European/African/Middle Eastern Campaign medal, with medal bar with arrowhead device (likely for Normandy), and an Army Issue good conduct medal with ribbon and bar

Some signatures identified, in part, as the following:
J. V. Cuthbertson, Monroe? M.C.
Delroy L. Dunlop, Cincinnati
Victor Britton, Chicago
Bill Coop, Bluejacket? Okla. (Oklahoma)
Indistinct, N.Y.
W. P. Mc. Elwray?
Izzi (Medic), Chicago, Ill.
L. J. Cook, Cincinnatti
Francis J. Drabelis?, Superior, Wis. (Wisconsin?)
Allen M. McMath? [indistinct]
H. G. Beresford or Berefield

Authenticity unconfirmed; flag single sided with metal eyelets, appears in very good condition with some small spot stains, other pieces in very good condition

Flag dimensions:

Auction 1199 - Military & Political Ephemera & Collectables (Section 1) | 14 April 2023, (Friday 07:00 PM)

Description

A flag, attr. Germany, WWII vehicle recognition flag, purportedly captured by troops of a US Engineers Combat Battalion and subsequently signed by US soldiers of that group, plus the patches, buttons, and two medals with a copy of the Honourable Discharge papers of one of the purported soldiers, a Private 1st Class Carlyle W. Merrick (b.1921 - d.1992) of the 112th Engineer's Combat Battalion, including a European/African/Middle Eastern Campaign medal, with medal bar with arrowhead device (likely for Normandy), and an Army Issue good conduct medal with ribbon and bar

Some signatures identified, in part, as the following:
J. V. Cuthbertson, Monroe? M.C.
Delroy L. Dunlop, Cincinnati
Victor Britton, Chicago
Bill Coop, Bluejacket? Okla. (Oklahoma)
Indistinct, N.Y.
W. P. Mc. Elwray?
Izzi (Medic), Chicago, Ill.
L. J. Cook, Cincinnatti
Francis J. Drabelis?, Superior, Wis. (Wisconsin?)
Allen M. McMath? [indistinct]
H. G. Beresford or Berefield

Authenticity unconfirmed; flag single sided with metal eyelets, appears in very good condition with some small spot stains, other pieces in very good condition

Flag dimensions:

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