Replica of the Glider qualification wings worn on the dress uniform or field jacket M-1941. The glider qualification wings were first issued in March of 1944. These were issued upon completion of the training course or a combat landing.
This is a full scale reprint of historical Map Sheet of Isigny. This is the map of the 101st Airborne sector east of Carentan and also the 29th Infantry.
Carentan, Brévands, Les Veys, 506th PIR and 327th GIR combat zone.
Scale 1:25,000, edition of April 44.
Para/Glider infantry cap patch, for officers, white glider and parachute on dark blue with red circle. Worn from March 1944 until the end of the war by airborne officers and glider officers..
US Army cotton sateen field trousers, Olive Drab #7 (green) shade, introduced in August 1943. The pockets and lining are cut from unbleached white cotton. Two buttoned tabs enable the waist to be tightened. Similar tabs at the ankle gather the trouser legs to tuck them in the buckle boots. French sizes.
Replica of the Glider qualification wings worn on the dress uniform or field jacket M-1941. The glider qualification wings were first issued in March of 1944. These were issued upon completion of the training course or a combat landing.
Clutch back.
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