Gilt brass crossguard illustrates a spread-winged eagle "bird of prey" on both sides and sits tight against the adjoining ferrule
The shell is stamped ET66 indicating that Eisenhuttenwerk AG
located to either side of the gunner
the British Army launched an expeditionary force into Flanders
Original German WWII National Flag Signed by 406th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Platoon, A Company Russian Machine Guns Gilt brass crossguard illustrates aOriginal Item: One of a kind. This National Flag of Germany from WW2 signed by members of A Company of the 102nd Infantry Division, 406th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Platoon. The 102nd Infantry Division, under the command of Major General Frank A. Keating, arrived on the Western Front in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) at Cherbourg, France, 23 September 1944, and, after a short period of training near Valognes, moved to the German Netherlands