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The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is a United States Army military decoration.The badge is awarded to infantrymen and Special Forces soldiers in the rank of colonel and below, who fought in active ground combat while assigned as members of either an Infantry or Special Forces unit of brigade size or smaller at any time after 6 December 1941.
Personnel may only wear one combat or special skill badge from either group 1 or group 2 above the ribbons. Soldiers may wear up to three badges from groups 3 and 4 above the ribbons. One badge from either group 1 or group 2 may be worn with badges from groups 3 and 4 above the ribbons, so long as the total number of badges above the ribbons ...
This new badge makes obsolete the unofficial branch-specific combat badges. Example of a Combat Artillery Badge being created by pinning the artillery branch insignia over a Combat Infantryman Badge. Recorded instances of the unofficial combat badges actually being worn are rare, but the following comes from the memoir of a Korean War veteran:
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Leo J. Meyer [1] (October 6, 1917 - January 12, 2006) was a soldier in the United States Army, one of only three hundred and twenty-four men who have been awarded three Combat Infantryman Badges out of more than the twenty-three million [2] [3] men who served in the US Army between December 1941 and December 2007.
English: Exhibit of receipts of the Third Award Combat Infantryman Badge. Earned by noted veterans who have served in “harms way” during recognized military Wars/Conflicts. Earned by noted veterans who have served in “harms way” during recognized military Wars/Conflicts.
The EIB is a silver and enamel badge, consisting of a 3-inch-wide (76 mm) rectangular bar with an infantry-blue field upon which is superimposed a Springfield Arsenal Musket, Model 1795. Although similar in name and appearance to the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB), it is a completely different award. While the CIB is awarded to infantry ...