Grouping of various documents, which once belonged to Technician 5th Grade Morris Cutler and comprises the following elements:
- birth certificate issued by the City Clerk's Office of Springfield, Massachusetts on June 16, 1941; - certificate issued by the American Red Cross on June 21, 1943, indicating that he completed the standard course of instruction in first aid to the injured at Camp Barkeley, Texas; - two German banknotes of the interwar period, with a face value of one rentenmark and two rentenmarks; - a worn-out copy of the booklet dedicated to the 99th Infantry Division and published at the end of the war; - a Jewish prayer book; - two membership cards issued bysome associations of Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge.
Morris Cutler was born on January 16, 1925 in Springfield, Massachusetts and joined the US Army on March 31, 1943 (ASN 32879293). He went on to serve with the Medical Department, deployed to Europe with 393rd Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division and was wounded by shrapnel following the explosion of a mine in February 1945 near Elsenborn, Belgium. Discharged as a Technician 5th Grade in September of that year, he passed away on December 23, 2001.
The historical artifacts for sale at PARATROOPER’s are intended for collectors, history enthusiasts, historians and museum curators. These items do not glorify or promote any of the political, ideological or racial opinions related to the global conflicts that bathed the 20th century in blood.
Besides, we remind you that Article R.645-1 of the French Penal Code establishes fines applicable to fifth class contraventions (except in the specific cases of a filming, show or exhibition which refer to historical events) for any individual who wears a uniform, insignia or symbol reminiscent of those worn by members of the various organizations declared criminal in application of Article 9 of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal annexed to the London Agreement of August 8, 1945 – SS, SD, Gestapo, Nazi leaders (the Führer, the Reichsleitung, the Gauleiters and their main collaborators, the Ortsgruppenleiter, the Zellenleiter and the Blockleiter), or reminiscent of those worn by any person found guilty, by a French or International Jurisdiction, of one or several crimes against humanity established by Articles 211-1 to 212-3 or mentioned in Law No. 64-1326 of December 26, 1964.
The Code provides additional penalties, including the confiscation of the items used or intended for committing the offence.
