Original U.S. WWII Airborne Paratrooper M39 Type Leather Gloves with Buckle Adjustment - Size 10 Lee-Enfield (SMLE) A very interesting Parade example

A very interesting Parade example of a hard to find German Butcher Sawback bayonet

now partly cleaned away

Russian blood chits were issued to air crews when their aircraft flew over Soviet-controlled airspace

The USGI who brought this back may have spent some time post war

The squadron adopted the Dutch Girl insignia

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Paratrooper M39 Type Leather Gloves with Buckle Adjustment - Size 10 Lee-Enfield (SMLE) A very interesting Parade exampleOriginal Item: Only One Pair Available. These are nearly impossible to find on the market today: an authentic pair of World War Two United States Airborne Paratrooper Leather Gloves as used by Paratroopers on D day! These gloves were originally designed to be cavalry riding gloves, but were adopted for use by US airborne paratroopers during WWII as well as various other specialty type soldiers. They were issued with and without buckles, and this pair