WWII Paratrooper Sterling Badge Jack Heller design pin back SOA with the need to cover

with the need to cover vast ranges of territory between scattered isolated forts and outposts of the minimal resources given to the stretched thin U

requested that the new unit be known as the Americal Division—the name being a contraction of "American

The mold was made with permission of the Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio under the condition the pin on the back be modern and not an exact museum quality reproduction therefore it does have a pin back but with a diffent clasp

also known as West Point

WWII Paratrooper Sterling Badge Jack Heller design pin back SOA with the need to coverThe is a museum quality reproduction in sterling silver of a paratrooper badge with a very faint Jack Heller hallmark. The original owner must have polished and polished to wear down the raised hallmark. It is also hallmarked sterling. This pin is 1 1 2 inches wide. One of the harder hallmarked paratrooper badges to find. Here is one until you can fill that hole in your collection with a real one.