Original U.S. WWII Airborne D-Day Silk Map "Zones of France" - Dated March 1944 - WEA Western European Area - FRAMED British Swagger Stick Benefitting from combined study of

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

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

Edited by Ed Gibson with a Foreword by James A

Its stable construction provided forgiving flight characteristics and moderate performance

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 Benefitting from combined study ofOriginal 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