Original U.S. WWII 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment Named D-Day Combat Medic 16th Century with a nice blued finish

with a nice blued finish on the barrel and receiver

The markings on the lock plate read-

the Madsen tripod was the very first machine gun tripod to incorporate soft recoil

The doublet bears a War Department ink stamp and the correct "Hunting Horn" buttons of the King's Royal Rifle Corps which are back marked Firmin & Sons Ld Halesowen

rounded cylinder with notches

Original U.S. WWII 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment Named D-Day Combat Medic 16th Century with a nice blued finishOriginal Item: One of a kind. Raymond Pierre "Frenchy" Defer (ASN 36 614 574) was a Paratrooper Combat Medic assigned to the Medical Detachment, 502nd Parachute Infantry regiment, 101st Airborne Division who jumped into Normandy on D Day June 6th, 1944. He was born in St. Jean de Losne, France, on June 3, 1923, Ray Defer immigrated to the United States when he was 15 years old. He joined the United States Army at the age of 19 and eventually became a