Original U.S. WWII 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment Named D-Day Combat Medic 16th Century aircraft and ship identification

aircraft and ship identification

The markings on the lock plate read-

This is a very nice example of an Imperial German EM/NCO Visor Cap (Schirmmütze)

which indicates manufacture by Ingersoll Rand Products

with a nice blued finish on the barrel and receiver

Original U.S. WWII 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment Named D-Day Combat Medic 16th Century aircraft and ship identificationOriginal Item: One of a kind. Raymond Pierre "Frenchy" Defer (ASN 36 614 574) was a Paratrooper Combat Medic assigned to the Medical Detachment, 502nd Parachute Infantry regiment, 101st Airborne Division who jumped into Normandy on D Day June 6th, 1944. He was born in St. Jean de Losne, France, on June 3, 1923, Ray Defer immigrated to the United States when he was 15 years old. He joined the United States Army at the age of 19 and eventually became a