Original U.S. WWII Airborne D-Day Silk Map "Zones of France" - Dated March 1944 - WEA Western European Area - FRAMED British Swagger Stick eastern edge of Bois du

eastern edge of Bois du Rupt

The very hardest of all "Butcher Saw Back" bayonets to find is this M-1898/02 which comes complete with scabbard

King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia instituted the Eisernes Kreuz (Iron Cross) in March of 1813

Benefitting from combined study of both Russian and American mask design elements

with the regimental ribbon banner below inscribed "OR GLORY"

Original U.S. WWII Airborne D-Day Silk Map "Zones of France" - Dated March 1944 - WEA Western European Area - FRAMED British Swagger Stick eastern edge of Bois duOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rare hard to find March, 1944 dated "Zones of France", Scale 1: 2. 000. 000, escape and evasion silk map. On D Day, this map was mainly worn by US airborne troops around their neck. In February 1944, in preparation for D Day, the Intelligence School No. 9 (IS9) responsible for Western European Area (WEA) produced a second edition of the rayon map of France, printed in colors on one side, 1: 2. 000. 000