Original U.S. WWII 2nd Infantry Division Hand Painted Metal Sign by Liberto Vilarino French Machine Guns Constructed of stiff thick leather

Constructed of stiff thick leather with canvas lining

He hailed from Norwood Pennsylvania

and has faded to a wonderful russet color

The division raced on

(a) Base is to be installed

Original U.S. WWII 2nd Infantry Division Hand Painted Metal Sign by Liberto Vilarino French Machine Guns Constructed of stiff thick leatherOriginal Item: One of a kind. Found in the The Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, North Dakota) newspaper from Monday, December 11, 1944; The champion army sign painter T 4 is Liberto Vilarino, of Los Angeles, Vilarino scoffed: "I made 17,000 in Normandy alone and once turned out 3,700 in one day." He used red, white and black, he has painted 35,000 signs since landing in France. His nearest rival slapped out 15,000. Liberto Vilarino, Army Serial Number