 Custom
Crafted 82nd Lighter
was made in Paris. It features the 82md Airborne Division logo
on the front and the back shows a "stick" of nineteen parachutists, one
of whom is just touching down. |
First Aid Kit
contains a "small Carlisle dressing" |
Brass Knuckles
were probably custom made. Often these items, including some
that were fashioned as knife hilts, were created by family members as gifts
to their loved ones heading into the war. |
Switch Blades
A selection of the M-2
Switchblade knives which were issued to paratroopers and carried in the
small zippered pocket on the throat area of their M-42 jump suit jacket.
They were intended to be used for cutting entangled shroud line cords etc..
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Omaha Beach
still yields a variety of metal objects |
Tow Rope
A recovered glider tow rope and bracket, the rope has been chopped, but the
glider to tow-plane communication wire can still be seen attached to the
rope. |
German bakelite Field Telephone
(dated 1940), hand-set (1941) and original battery with swastika stamp
(1942)
Got Gas?
his truck loaded with 9 British "Jerry cans" (dated 1943)should give
Lewis an extended range
Canvas Cover
an original WWII Jeep item, variously known as tilt, top, roof,
tonneau, tarp
and even hood are terms used to describe it dependant on a persons age or
nationality. |
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Just Dropping In
a British made D-Day ' Rupert ' dummy which were dropped into
Normandy during the paratroop landings, they fooled the Germans into
firing at these as they dropped down, also they initially convinced the
Germans that there was a far larger force dropping into Normandy.
Kenneth had two of these, the one in the photo was opened out for a
photograph before he sold it,
He still has other one which is still tied up as it was at
manufacture and was never used.
Kenneth believes that there are now cheap copies of them, made in
the last couple of years. His two , however,
were totally original WWII manufacture.
As an historic note, the Rupert dummies seen in the 1960's
film ' The Longest Day '
were made up for the film and never existed for D-Day in rubber with
such high detail.
See
Wikipedia article
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