Original U.S. WWII Silver Star 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Named Officer Grouping - Lieutenant Chester Anderson German SS • K company under crossed

• K company under crossed rifles lapel pin

Assigned the duty of checking out other crews for combat readiness

This portepee was a beauty

It is complete and retains its wonderful original blue finish

entrenching tools

Original U.S. WWII Silver Star 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Named Officer Grouping - Lieutenant Chester Anderson German SS • K company under crossedOriginal Item: One of a kind. The Silver Star Citation about this U. S. WWII Paratrooper Officer says it all: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Infantry) [then Second Lieutenant] Chester R. Anderson (ASN: 0 545570), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne