Original U.S. WWII 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR) Signed Silk Escape Map of Italy 21st Century full-length magazine tube and custom

full-length magazine tube and custom ordered factory checkered stocks is in very good condition

The War Decoration is a green enamel wreath of laurel leaves between the arms of the cross

The excellent green and red painted insignia depicts a bearded viking with a winged helmet with RED RAIDERS underneath

The division was organized as part of the United States buildup following the Declaration of War on 6 April 1917 and the entry of the United States into the war on the side of the British and French

Original U.S. WWII 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR) Signed Silk Escape Map of Italy 21st Century full-length magazine tube and customOriginal Items: One of a kind. This is an artificial silk map sheet J3 and J4 Italian map which is an unusual in that it is based on native Italian maps and not a Bartholomew map. The key legend is also unusual as it is in Italian, German, French, English, Dutch and we think Hungarian and Yugoslavian. Records show that it was printed in 1942. It was issued to airborne units and this particular map was issued to a member of the 505th Parachute Infantry