Original U.S. WWII D-Day Invasion Normandy Jump Parachute Section, Pull Handle and 2 Coins - Sent Home By John Trowbridge 501st PIR Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly with no fragmentation matrix and

with no fragmentation matrix and had a central seam

Height: 5”

The shield is designed in a similar fashion to the Crimea Shield and was struck in sheet metal or zinc and treated with a bronzed wash

and zinc grommets

The typically Circassian (Adyghe) form of sabre was longer than the Cossack type

Original U.S. WWII D-Day Invasion Normandy Jump Parachute Section, Pull Handle and 2 Coins - Sent Home By John Trowbridge 501st PIR Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly with no fragmentation matrix andOriginal Items: Only One Grouping Available. This is a small yet fantastic grouping sent home by a member of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment after the Normandy Invasion during WWII. John C. Trowbridge was like many other troopers during the war, he wanted a memento of his jump and cut a piece of his parachute canopy to send home. Trowbridge was a member of the 101st Airborne Division and is even mentioned in multiple books, one being The