United States. A 101 st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagle” Patch, c. 1944. Auction wear of the portepee

wear of the portepee

Five of the larger photos are marked: one of Childs in Uniform while with HMCS Ontario and Wearing an HMCS Tally Ribbon (inscribed in handwritten black ink with various stats and a list of his Second World War and Korean War awards on the reverse)

58 mm (w) x 17

two Polish Ex-Serviceman's Association "SPK" in Argentina 50th Anniversary Crosses 1930-1980 (in bronzed metal

hallmarked and marked "FLOREAT ALPACA" on the bottom

United States. A 101 st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagle” Patch, c. 1944. Auction wear of the portepeeInstituted 1944 by the US Army. Shoulder sleeve insignia with bald eagle in left profile. Embroidered in red, white, yellow, and black with Airborne stitched across the banner. Good condition. Footnote: The eagle patch was instituted by the US Army and worn by the Airborne Division who parachuted into Normandy, France on D Day.