Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper D-Day Invasion American Flag Oilcloth Armband 18th Century it was intended to double

it was intended to double as a fighting knife and is fitted with a most comfortable red fiber grip and finger grooves

Typically issued to commando and Airborne troops

For use it was simply reversed with the long needle blade extended in front of the rifle muzzle

he wrote to Maine's Governor Israel Washburn

The wood stock is carved with shell and leaf patterns but not as delicately as would have been expected from a top quality maker

Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper D-Day Invasion American Flag Oilcloth Armband 18th Century it was intended to doubleOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent condition rare very scarce Airborne Paratrooper Flag Armband. This type of armband was typically used by U. S. Paratroopers for example in North Africa (1942), during the D Day invasion in Normandy (June 1944) and during Operation Market Garden (September 1944). The armband was typically fixed to the uniform jacket arm with a safety pin. This is the third type of Arm flag, which was printed as an