Original U.S. WWII Named 551st PIB M1942 Paratrooper Jacket - Silver Star Captain Archibald McPheeters ZB 26-ZB 30 That night

That night

The space between the pediments is filled by a very handsome allegorical tableau bearing the Borough Arms of Ramsgate in colours on a Viking Ship also another quartering of the Borough Arms Alluding to Ramsgate as a Port

meeting only spotty resistance along the way

Nice aluminum construction box buckle with a pebbled background

Original U.S. WWII Named 551st PIB M1942 Paratrooper Jacket - Silver Star Captain Archibald McPheeters ZB 26-ZB 30 That nightOriginal Item: One of a kind. Captain Archibald A. McPheeters was awarded the Silver Star during World War II. GENERAL ORDERS: Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, General Orders No. 57 (October 29, 1944) CITATION: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Infantry) Archibald A. McPheeters (ASN: 0 391024), United States Army, for gallantry in