Original U.S. WWII US Army Airborne Glider Wings Badge - Marked Sterling French Pistols This was supposed to be

This was supposed to be easy to use with gloved hands in the cold

The canteen is engraved on the front:

and doesn't fall out of the action

It has been modified to add a 2nd half cock position

we can’t be 100% sure we have ID’d the correct man

Original U.S. WWII US Army Airborne Glider Wings Badge - Marked Sterling French Pistols This was supposed to beOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Glider Badge was a special skills badge of the United States Army. According to the U. S. Army Institute of Heraldry, the badge was awarded to personnel who had "been assigned or attached to a glider or airborne unit or to the Airborne Department of the Infantry School; satisfactorily completed a course of instruction, or participated in at least one combat glider mission into enemy held territory. This example