Original German WWII Award and Insignia Grouping with Long Civil Service Award, Silver Wound Badge, and More - 8 Items Category_Receiver Additional personnel and supplies followed

Additional personnel and supplies followed but the Red Cross ended this effort after little more than a year

The tang securing bolt is inverted it's head being under the front part of the unusual steel trigger guard which itself has the early "round" front finial later associated with British Naval firearms

It is faintly marked on the back with R

a plaster plaque made at Camp Hood

a time when these knives were widely used by Paratroopers

Original German WWII Award and Insignia Grouping with Long Civil Service Award, Silver Wound Badge, and More - 8 Items Category_Receiver Additional personnel and supplies followedOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. This is a very nice collection of German WWII Awards and other items, which was brought back from the European theater by a USGI after the war was concluded. Many solders traded these on the way back, and would end up with a pocket full of various different collectible items, and this set represents the typical "haul" one might have come back with. It includes a Long Civil Service Award, Silver wound badge, and