United States. Forty-Nine Military Badges Auction Archive joining the unit on the

joining the unit on the 14th

Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939 - - Iron Core

It was used initially as the reserve of the 35th Army Corps

unmarked but typical French made badge

408131 Private Percy King served with the 42nd Infantry Battalion in France

United States. Forty-Nine Military Badges Auction Archive joining the unit on theIncludes: Infantry, Ordnance, Railway, Signals, Transport, among others. All are fabricated from bronze, twenty one are gilt, twenty eight are silvered, in various colors of enamels, with various maker marks, in various sizes, eleven with a single screwback, twenty seven with vertical pinbacks, two with horizontal pinbacks, nine with dual push pins, the 79th Signals badge exhibiting chipping in the yellow enamels, the remaining badges with intact