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.
Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 2nd Infantry Division, Indian Head , which landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
Campaigns:
- Normandy, D-Day, Operation Overlord, Omaha Beach - Northern France - Rhineland - Battle of the Bulge - Czechoslovakia
Solid brass with high quality spring steel. Loud and reliable. Used by airborne troops on D-day landings and still made with the original tooling and presses.
Reproduction leather gloves developed for mounted troops were also issued to all ranks of paratrooper units. They have an adjustable strap with buckle to tighten around the wrist.
High quality reproduction, made in USA, of the most common strap used by US paratroopers to secure USM3 trench knives or Hawkins mines to the leg and other gear to themselves during the jump and combat. Seen on numerous period photographs in Normandy on D-Day, Holland...
Made in cotton 3/4" webbing sewn to an ORIGINAL black steel retention buckle, riveted with an original black rivet, and "end capped" with the correct rare black steel "C" tip. Straps are 23.5" long (50cm).
Features: 3/4” cotton webbing (230lbs break strength) 3/4” steel buckle 3/4” steel C tip 1/4" original black rivet
Prior to d-day many american paratroopers were not issued "standard" general purpose straps so they scrounged straps from where ever they could find them. See the attached original photos of paratroopers prior to D-Day that are clearly seen using these white straps.
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.
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