Grouping, Sgt. Ralph Schroer, 348th Combat Engineer Bn., 5th ESB, D-Day, Omaha Beach, ETO
Rare genuine WWII US Army grouping, which belonged to some Sergeant Ralph W. Schroer, 348th Engineer Combat Battalion, and includes the following elements:
- 'Ike Jacket' of the type adopted in April 1944, retaining its original insignias: 'U.S.' and Corps of Engineers collar disks, 63rd Infantry Division and Engineer Special Brigades shoulder sleeve insignias, Sergeant rank stripes, medal ribbons (Good Conduct Medal, and European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with five stars), Amphibious Engineers breast insignia, four Overseas Service Bars, one Service Stripe, and the 'Ruptured Duck'; label is dated June 22, 1944; size 36R;
- matching garrison cap, featuring the red and white piping of the Corps of Engineers and adorned with the 348th Engineer Combat Battalion;
- OD flannel shirt retaining its insignias: 63rd Infantry Division and Engineer Special Brigades shoulder sleeve insignias, Sergeant rank stripes, Amphibious Engineers breast insignia and four Overseas Service Bars; size 14 ½ x 34;
- khaki necktie;
- Purple Heart Medal, bearing number 298161 and coming in its case along with ribbon bar and lapel badge;
- private-purchase Argus camera, in its leather cover, with detachable flash in its own pouch;
- sons-in-service window banner displaying two blue stars, indicating that two sons of the family served in the Armed Forces;
- large corpus of various documents, made up of the above-mentioned GI's military driver license, pay record and temporary pass, as well as dozens of photographs and postcards.
Nice homogeneous set, in quite good overall condition depsite some minor moth damage on the jacket and garrison cap.
Ralph Wallace Schroer was born on August 18, 1918 in Mount Healthy, Ohio and joined the US Army on June 26, 1942 (ASN 35459852). He deployed to Europe and went on to serve with Company C, 348th Combat Engineer Battalion from May 23, 1944 onwards, it is likely that he landed on Fox Green sector, Omaha Beach (Colleville-sur-Mer) on D-Day as part of the 5th Engineer Special Brigade prior to taking part in the whole campaign. He was discharged on October 15, 1945 as as Sergeant, and passed away on July 5, 2002.
https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1031&context=ww_reg_his
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/160127178/ralph-w-schroer
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