WWII U.S. ARMY ENGINEER 1ST LIEUTENANT INSIGNIA

Updated August 8, 2026

AVAILABLE for SHIPPING or LOCAL PICKUP > A lot of nine Korean War era United States Army officer insignia comprising two gold tone Corps of Engineers castle collar devices, two U.S. officer collar insignia, two sterling silver first lieutenant rank bars, one United Nations Service Medal ribbon bar, and two Korean Service Medal ribbon bars. The matched turreted castle devices represent the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with the castle formally adopted as the branch insignia in 1902. The accompanying U.S. devices were worn by Army officers together with their branch insignia. The two single silver tone bars represent the Army rank of first lieutenant. Each is marked STERLING across the reverse. Army uniform regulations identify the first lieutenant insignia as a single silver bar. The ribbon with 17 alternating blue and white vertical stripes represents the United Nations Service Medal for Korea, authorized by the United Nations in 1950 and awarded for qualifying participation in the United Nations action in Korea. The two blue ribbon bars divided by a narrow white center stripe represent the Korean Service Medal, established in 1950 for qualifying United States military service in the Korean theater. Together, the insignia identify a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers first lieutenant whose decorations indicate Korean War service.

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