Original U.S. WWII US Army Airborne Glider Wings Badge - Marked Sterling Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage The blade is in good

The blade is in good shape with just a bit of staining and peppering from age

and it looks to be unissued

500 out of the 16

as well as a piece of brass wire

82nd Airborne Division and completed a glider assault into Normandy France on D-Day +1 (June 7th

Original U.S. WWII US Army Airborne Glider Wings Badge - Marked Sterling Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage The blade is in goodOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Glider Badge was a special skills badge of the United States Army. According to the U. S. Army Institute of Heraldry, the badge was awarded to personnel who had "been assigned or attached to a glider or airborne unit or to the Airborne Department of the Infantry School; satisfactorily completed a course of instruction, or participated in at least one combat glider mission into enemy held territory. This example