525: AIRBORNE AND FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE GROUPING

Shadow box containing ten Airborne ovals, 101st miniature cloth DI, Airborne Command SSI, 508th jacket patch.

Book 'Saga of the All American' with author's dedication to 82nd Vet; original German study re: British Airborne Forces and Aircraft; booklet 'The Army's Finest -- The Airborne'; 'Tenth Anniversary The Airborne Department' Fort Benning, with Trooper's signature; 'Airborne Class Book', Company G, Class 31 (2); 'The Airborne School:, Class B-20; Airborne Command, Christmas 1946, with listing of roster of Company H.

First Special Service Force Christmas card with envelope; two FSSF decals; FSSF jacket patch; Airborne joke card, used in H1OM; Fort Benning post cad; Airborne parachute quick release, used in H1OM; two variations of the signal cricket (large one is a replica, small is period original); XVIII Airborne Corps chalk device; and paint M-5 for jump uniform.

SF ins. highly questionable.

All veteran attributions and histories have been provided by the consignor and are believed to be accurate but not guaranteed by the auctioneer.
Provenance: The Jack Angolia Collection
$150 - $200