because they did not have a 'class' system
the 502nd (commanded by Colonel George Van Horn Moseley) parachuted into Normandy alongside the 101st Airborne Division
The Battalion then spent the next year in training for airborne operations
The reverse is taped at the bottom
with fifty-three officers and men perishing
Czech Republic/Slovak Republic, Germany, Peru, Venezuela. A Lot Of Ten Items Newly Listed because they did not haveIncludes: 1. Czech Republic Slovak Republic: Glider Pilot Badge c. 1993 (in bronze gilt with blue enamels, marked "OK" on the obverse, measuring 18. 8 mm in diameter, stamped "5970" on the screwback); 2. Germany, Prussia: Order of St. John (in silver, measuring 12. 5 mm (w) x 13. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring); 3. Germany, Imperial: Bavarian Veteran's Organization Badge (in silvered bronze, measuring 28. 5 mm (w) x 47. 5 mm (h), brass plate