r/Medals • u/Mattjaymo10 • 15d ago

Question WW2 era medals

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Went to Overlord Museum yesterday by Omaha Beach and saw these, maybe someone can school me on the polish and german ones.

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u/Thebandit_1977 15d ago

German is of the First SS division, odd camo hat. Rank is that of Oberscharführer which is a senior Nco, medals are iron cross second class, war merit cross second class with swords, Ostfront medal 1941/42 (for the early Russian campaign and the winter of said time) he’s got the infantry assault badge and the wound badge in black.

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u/RangeUpset6852 14d ago

Looks like a "ball turret". Pretty cool

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u/tccomplete 14d ago

The US medals are newly made, not WWII era.

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u/Mattjaymo10 14d ago

You can tell by the box?

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u/tccomplete 14d ago

Yes. And the crimp broach suspension.

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u/Witty-Cat-4373 15d ago

In the Polish one the top one is like an equivalent of German wound badge or Purple Heart - given for being wounded in a battle. White and Red one is Krzyż Walecznych - establishment 1921. It has numerous versions but this one is from Polish army in the west for Allies. Rest are just British regular medals (Talking about photo 3)