Grouping, T/5 George Gillespie, Rigger Section, Sv. Co., 502nd PIR, 101st Airborne Division, ETO
Interesting genuine WWII US Army grouping, which belonged to T/5 George Gillespie, Rigger Section, Sv. Co., 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
The present lot includes various personal belongings (dog tag, jump wings, Combat Infantryman Badge, Airborne cap insignia, collar discs, three ribbon bars...), as well as his own copy of the New Testament, a prayer book and a large amount of original military documents. It also contains the very rare leather 502nd pocket patch.
A Rigger-made briefcase and a small pouch, both made in OD cloth, fitted with snap fasteners and bearing name Gillespie, complete this batch.
Nice homogeneous set, in good overall condition, coming along with a 1957 veteran badge and a page from a 1994 newspaper.
George Smith Gillespie was born on December 8, 1919 in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on September 9, 1923. He joined the US Army on January 30, 1942 in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania (ASN 33146857). He went on to serve in Europe with Service Company, 502nd PIR, 101st Airborne Division and took his oath as a citizen of the United States on July 26, 1944 in Plymouth, England. He was discharged on November 25, 1945 at Fort Dix, New Jersey and passed away on February 23, 1990 in Ventura, California.
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/142613450/george-smith-gillespie
Illustration documents availabe in digital format only.
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Interesting genuine WWII US Army grouping, which belonged to T/5 George Gillespie, Rigger Section, Sv. Co., 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
The present lot includes various personal belongings (dog tag, jump wings, Combat Infantryman Badge, Airborne cap insignia, collar discs, three ribbon bars...), as well as his own copy of the New Testament, a prayer book and a large amount of original military documents. It also contains the very rare leather 502nd pocket patch.
A Rigger-made briefcase and a small pouch, both made in OD cloth, fitted with snap fasteners and bearing name Gillespie, complete this batch.
Nice homogeneous set, in good overall condition, coming along with a 1957 veteran badge and a page from a 1994 newspaper.
George Smith Gillespie was born on December 8, 1919 in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on September 9, 1923. He joined the US Army on January 30, 1942 in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania (ASN 33146857). He went on to serve in Europe with Service Company, 502nd PIR, 101st Airborne Division and took his oath as a citizen of the United States on July 26, 1944 in Plymouth, England. He was discharged on November 25, 1945 at Fort Dix, New Jersey and passed away on February 23, 1990 in Ventura, California.
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/142613450/george-smith-gillespie
Illustration documents availabe in digital format only.
