Original U.S. WWII 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment 507th PIR Named Grouping - Dropped on D-Day Receiver This example is especially interesting

This example is especially interesting in that it is fitted with the earliest

The dates can be written left to right or right to left

made by BOURGADE

The Artillery Short Rifle has all brass mounts

however the SS RZM codes are unknown

Original U.S. WWII 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment 507th PIR Named Grouping - Dropped on D-Day Receiver This example is especially interestingOriginal Items: One of a kind grouping. George J. Melrose Jr. ASN 31104585 enlisted on April 6th, 1942 and was a T 4 in the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment who spent more than two years overseas and in combat as a member first of the 82nd Airborne Division then in the 17th Airborne Division. He participated in the D Day Invasion as part of Operation Neptune and jumped into occupied France on June 6th, 1944. He fought in Arnhem at the Battle of the