Original U.S. CIvil War Grand Army of the Republic Medal, Army & GAR Insignia, and Ephemera Lot - 16 Items MP 44 and the decal was covered

and the decal was covered during the painting

This does make the sword somewhat hard to sheathe

The 188th Infantry Regiment was constituted on 12 November 1942 at Camp Mackall

Of Note: The Verkehrsregelungs-Bataillonen were reorganized in 1942 as Feldgendarmerie-Abteilungen

Original U.S. CIvil War Grand Army of the Republic Medal, Army & GAR Insignia, and Ephemera Lot - 16 Items MP 44 and the decal was coveredThe Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U. S. Navy), and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of "posts" (local community units) across the North and West. It was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member. This is a very nice lot of GAR related medals,