Original U.S. WWII Naval Construction 11th Battalion Seabees Hand-Painted Unit Sign - 8 x 10” Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets featuring correct fabric and embroidery

featuring correct fabric and embroidery

and was succeeded by his son Jean Baptiste Montmain

and for his defense of the Vitebsk region on the Eastern Front he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

and a heavily bullion embroidered oak leaf wreath with stylized wings and a woven tri color cockade

it is possible these were never issued during the war

Original U.S. WWII Naval Construction 11th Battalion Seabees Hand-Painted Unit Sign - 8 x 10” Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets featuring correct fabric and embroideryOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a gorgeous eye appealing hand painted unit sign for the 11th Battalion, Seabees. United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U. S. Naval Construction Forces (NCF). The Seabee nickname is a heterograph of the initial letters "CB" from the words "Construction Battalion". Depending upon context, "Seabee" can refer to all enlisted personnel in the USN's occupational field 13