The Bronze Star Medal, which belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Manley E. Davis

An original and quite rare medal in excellent collector's condition. Bronze, stamping, patination. Without brands. The medal is completed with an original leather case of an early type, a strap and a miniature strap. The medal is a bronze five-pointed star with a diameter of 1.5 inches (38 mm). The size of each of the beams is 3/16 inches (4.8 mm). At the point of alignment of all five rays, there is another 1 star of a smaller diameter. The reverse has a circular inscription "HEROIC OR A COMMENDABLE ACT" ("HEROIC OR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT"). The center of the resulting circle is provided to indicate the recipient's name, which is applied by engraving. In our case, the name Manley E. Davis is applied here (Years of life: 1915-1994 Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S. Army. He was called up for military service on August 1, 1941. He was buried at Arlington Cemetery). The star is attached to the ribbon with a metal rectangular loop with rounded corners. Early issue medals are extremely rare even in the USA, a guarantee of authenticity. 

The Bronze Star is the fourth most important military award in the world. In the US Armed Forces, if the award was made with a cluster "V" ("Valor") for heroism on the battlefield, and the ninth in the order of precedence in the usual version among all US awards. It was established on February 4, 1944 by President Franklin Roosevelt and was intended to reward military personnel whose feat was not sufficient to be awarded the Silver Star for heroism in battle, or medals of the relevant branches of the armed forces for merit in other cases. Its effect was also extended to the merits and exploits committed since December 7, 1941.