Original German WWII USGI Bring Back Grouping in Named Wood Transit Chest - 1st Infantry Division Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns grey painted brass ventilation rivets

grey painted brass ventilation rivets

It took over 900 vessels to evacuate the Allied forces

/ GW / V / P above that marking

and still held significant power

The stamped D-guard has the majority of its original black paint

Original German WWII USGI Bring Back Grouping in Named Wood Transit Chest - 1st Infantry Division Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns grey painted brass ventilation rivetsOriginal Item: One of a kind Grouping. Private Harold G. Webster ASN 42215708 from Spencerport, New York enlisted on June 7th, 1945 and was sent to Germany for occupation duty as a member of the 1st Military Police Company of the 1st Infantry Division. According to family members he sent home dozens of "gift boxes" which were stuffed with war trophies which he had bartered, purchased, found and taken after the fall of the Third Reich. He passed away