A United States of America Second War Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart group of se...

A United States of America Second War Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart group of seven awarded to Sergeant E. F. Covin, United States Cavalry, who was thrice wounded during the Second World War United States of America, Silver Star, unnamed as issued, with riband bar and lapel device, in case of issue; Bronze Star, unnamed as issued, with riband bar and lapel device; Purple Heart, unnamed as issued, with riband bar with two bronze oak leaf clusters and lapel device; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Liberation of the Philippines Medal; Army Good Conduct Medal; together with the recipient’s riband bar and Combat Infantryman Badge, nearly extremely fine (7) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Silver Star awarded 9 May 1944. The official citation states: ‘For gallantry in action at New Guinea on 20 March 1944. His platoon stopped in its advance by heavy machine gun fire, Private first class Covin, with utter disdain for the enemy fire, crawled forward to a position from which he could deliver machine gun fire against an enemy pillbox which was vital to the enemy’s defense. With his concentration of machine gun fire and notwithstanding his own exposure to snipers, he succeeded in eliminating the pillbox, thus facilitating the advance of his platoon.’ Edward F. Covin was born in Beaumont, Texas, on 19 September 1922, and attested for the 7th Cavalry Regiment, United States Army, on 26 February 1943. He was awarded his Combat Infantryman Badge on 23 June 1944 and served during the Second World War in the Asiatic-Pacific campaign in New Guinea, and in the Liberation of the Philippines. Thrice wounded in action - on 20 March 1944, 25 February 1945, and 6 March 1945 - he was awarded both the Silver Star and the Bronze Star, and also received the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Badge. He was honourably discharged on 6 August 1945. Sold with the Bestowal Document for the Silver Star, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Gallantry in Action at New Guinea, 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the Bronze Star, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Meritorious Achievement in Ground Operations against the Enemy in the Pacific Theater of Operations, during the New Guinea Campaign at New Guinea, 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Wounds Received in Action at New Guinea on 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the First Oak Leaf Cluster to the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Wounds Received in Action on the Philippine Islands, 25 February 1945; Bestowal Document for the Second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, Cavalry, for Wounds Received in Action on the Philippine Islands, 6 March 1945; copied record of service; and a photographic image believed to be of the recipient.