Original U.S. Pre-WWII 501st Parachute Battalion 1940 Christmas Dinner Menu - Rare Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia complete with its original issue

complete with its original issue first pattern leather "Maxim Patent" scabbard

On 18 June F-4J #157273 was hit by antiaircraft fire

There is an unknown screw mounting to the front of the trigger guard that has us stumped

offered as is

Original U.S. Pre-WWII 501st Parachute Battalion 1940 Christmas Dinner Menu - Rare Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia complete with its original issueOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Following the establishment of the first Parachute Test Platoon in the summer of 1940, the US Army soon embarked on a full review and reorganization of its parachute structures. Their initial concept was to maintain small units of specialised troops that would be allocated specific tasks, but as the airborne concepts clashed within the military hierarchy, the defined structures changed. Many of these changes reflected the