Original U.S. WWII First Allied Airborne & Glider Patch Insignia Grouping - 5 Items U.S. Ordnance The brass butt plate is

The brass butt plate is engraved on it tang: WOODSGATE which was a militia installation just over the Surrey Kent border

The traditional head ware when not playing was the tasseled Rugby cap complete with team badge

The distinguished lineage of the 141st includes units tracing origins to the Texas Revolution

which reads 1839 годы

Surrounding all of this is a large gilt alloy wreath

Original U.S. WWII First Allied Airborne & Glider Patch Insignia Grouping - 5 Items U.S. Ordnance The brass butt plate isOriginal Items: Only One Group of 5 Available. The First Allied Airborne Army was an Allied formation formed on 2 August 1944 by the order of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. The formation was part of the Allied Expeditionary Force and controlled all Allied airborne forces in Western Europe from August 1944 to May 1945. These included the U. S. IX Troop Carrier Command, the U. S. XVIII