Original U.S. WWII Airborne 507th PIR Operation Market Garden Jump Named Grouping Stocks On the reverse the blade

On the reverse the blade Is maker marked:

the Mk I was replaced with a strengthened version

Finally by September 23 the landing area around Salerno was secure enough for the 307th to make the move to Monte Corvino

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

Germany invaded the Soviet Union

Original U.S. WWII Airborne 507th PIR Operation Market Garden Jump Named Grouping Stocks On the reverse the bladeOriginal 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