Original U.S. WWII Airborne 507th PIR Operation Market Garden Jump Named Grouping Stocks Underneath the sweatband on the

Underneath the sweatband on the lining in ink is handwritten HM-5329

the Mk I was replaced with a strengthened version

The lining is woven fleece inside the wrist cover

On the reverse the blade Is maker marked:

Original U.S. WWII Airborne 507th PIR Operation Market Garden Jump Named Grouping Stocks Underneath the sweatband on theOriginal Items: One of a kind grouping. Private George A. McNamara ASN 13 044 446 enlisted in December 1941 and was a Private First Class (Pfc) in the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment and spent nine months as a Light Machine Gunner in combat as a member first of the 82nd Airborne Division then in the 17th Airborne Division. He has a documented parachute jump into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden then