Military Items any Info appreciated

creekhunter

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My wife discovered an old box with these military items, possibly from an Uncle she thinks. We are hoping someone here can shed some light on any or all of these items, any help is appreciated!
medals.jpgmedals1.jpgRing.jpg
 

The round on looks like the one I had. It went on a dress uniform hat. The Expert medal is for marksmanship. It's the highest award
for shooting. Not sure about the smaller one.
 

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The marksman medals are from WWII.The loops below the expert bar are for holding more bars for different proficiency's. Like pistol, or bayonet.
 

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The two large pins are hat badges... If they are brass color they are army, if there's a silver color to them, they are Air Force, they are post WW2... The Marksman badge.... We need to see the back, is it a single cross pin or two clutch back pins? The ring, I don't know off hand...
 

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The two large pins are hat badges... If they are brass color they are army, if there's a silver color to them, they are Air Force, they are post WW2... The Marksman badge.... We need to see the back, is it a single cross pin or two clutch back pins? The ring, I don't know off hand...
It's a single pin, very appreciate for all the help!
 

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Single pin will make the badge WW2 or earlier.... They switched to clutch pins starting in 1942 and by wars end they had pretty much phased out all of the single pin style badges.
 

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