Sports and recreation
All items allows soldiers to entertainment, sporting equipment and playing cards, the baseball bat or soccer ball.
Advertisement, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation & I.W. Harper
Genuine WWII US advertisement published in some magazine. Two-sided print: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation on one side and I.W. Harper whisky on the other. Very good overall condition. Dimensions: 10.4in x 14in.
Baseball, Theater-Made, Parachute Canopy, Normandy
Rare genuine WWII theater-made baseball, probably built from parachute canopy shreds. A rather uncommon artifact, found in Normandy.
Booklet game, More Fun en Route, US Armed Forces, 1944
Genuine WWII US pocket-size booklet 'More Fun en Route for our Armed Forces', published in 1944 by the National Recreation Association. It features many game the GI could play alone, with a friend or more. Very good condition, complete (34 pages).
Booklet, Historical, 101st Airborne Division
Genuine WWII US historical booklet dedicated to the 101st Airborne Division. Printed by Desfossés-Néogravure in Paris, France. By the end of the war, the US Army published accounts of various divisions' participation in the Liberation of Europe, every GI being issued a copy of his own division's history prior to being repatriated. Complete (32 pages) and in quite good overall condition. Format: 4.1in x 5.2in.
Booklet, Historical, 101st Airborne Division
Genuine WWII US historical booklet dedicated to the 101st Airborne Division. Printed by Desfossés-Néogravure in Paris, France. By the end of the war, the US Army published accounts of various divisions' participation in the Liberation of Europe, every GI being issued a copy of his own division's history prior to being repatriated. Complete (32 pages) and in quite good overall condition. Format: 4.1in x 5.2in.
Booklet, Pocket Guide to The Cities of Belgium and Luxembourg, 1944
Genuine WWII US War Department booklet, Pocket Guide to The Cities of Belgium and Luxembourg . This leaflet was intended for GIs deployed in both countries. Printed in 1944. Complete (42 pages) and in good overall condition.
Booklet, Pocket Guide to The Cities of Southern France, 1944
Genuine WWII US War Department booklet, Pocket Guide to The Cities of Southern France . This leaflet was intended for GIs deployed in this country. Printed in 1944. Complete (82 pages) and in very good overall condition.
Booklet, Pocket Guide to The Cities of The Netherlands, 1944
Genuine WWII US War Department booklet, Pocket Guide to The Cities of The Netherlands . This leaflet was intended for GIs deployed in this country. Printed in 1944. Complete (52 pages) and in good overall condition.
Booklet, TIME OUT, 1944
Genuine WWII US booklet, Time Out , published in 1944. It compiles several games that can be played by soldiers during long waiting periods. Soft cover, 16cm x 11cm. The present book is complete and in good overall condition.
Booklets, Pocket Guide to Paris and Cities of Northern France, and How to See Paris, 1944
Genuine WWII US War Department booklet, Pocket Guide to Paris and Cities of Northern France . This leaflet was intended for GIs deployed in this country. Printed in 1944. Complete (86 pages) and in very good overall condition. A rare brochure, published in English by the French Commissariat Général au Tourisme under the title How to See Paris and intended for Allied troops on leave in the capital, comes along with this booklet.
Box, Games and Puzzles, The Jeep Board, 1944
Genuine WWII US box of 25 games and puzzles, The Jeep Board . Slips into the pocket like a pack of cigarettes and can be tied around the thigh or arm. Dated 1944. Good overall condition. Comes in its original cardboard box (fragile).
