It’s getting harder to find new ones, but I just got this one in last week.
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Update: Paratrooper magazine covers
Unidentified jumpwing
These pictures were sent to me just recently. This badge appears to be Australian or British-made by the wing pattern and pin/hook clasp. However the parachute has been removed and replaced by a “rampant lion” of some type. Who can help us identify it?
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Update: WWII ads with paratroopers
This nice one here is actually a British ad with a British paratrooper. The first one I have come across. The count of ads with paratroopers here is at 63 now.
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Update: paratrooper souvenir pillow covers
I have added some more souvenir pillow cases, wartime and post-war. This one is interesting because it has the paratrooper prayer on it.
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Update: TL-122 flashlights
What does the “TL” stand for? Or TL 122A Fr? Other collectors keep sending me interesting variations. Find out about the recent additions to the flashlight gallery.
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Update: wrist compasses
I added a Taylor new in the box, the post-war Superior Magnetos, a Waltham wrist compass and the repro compass on the paratrooper mannequin newly added to the WWII hall of the Army Museum in Brussels.
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Update: Paratrooper magazine covers
I found some more WWII magazine covers with paratroopers on them: Look, LIFE and Yank
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Armflags
One of the new articles I am working on is about the various types of armflags worn by partroopers in the different theaters of operations.
I am still looking for good close-up photos from the small flags printed on gauze fabric as used by the 82nd Airborne in Normandy.
I am also trying to find out the difference between the paper and oilcloth armbands. I know the former were used in Holland and I think the latter in Southern France, but if anyone can shed more light on this, please.
Update: Paratrooper magazine covers
Update: MORE WWII ads with paratroopers
And whop! the count is at 60 now. It’s getting harder to find new ones, but I didn’t know I’d find this many when I started.
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