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Nationality: American
American
M.O.T.H. Pins
Memorable Order of Tin Hats, hat pins; one gold, three black. The Memorable Order of Tin Hats (M.O.T.H.) was founded in 1927 by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African former front-line soldiers. The ideal is to help comrades in need, either financially or physically; and to remember all servicemen who have answered the Sunset Call, both in war and peacetime
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Medalion
Catholic nickel medalion, with image of Mary on front, and cross and letter 'M' on reverse
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Medical items
US Army issue four-inch compress bandage, thermometer in metal sleve and medication (Benzidrine)
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American
Operation Market Garden Recognition Arm Band
Operation Market Garden recognition arm band. White with US Flag, belonging to William Schneider
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Part of B-26 Marauder Undercarriage Door
Part of B-26 Marauder undercarriage door; recovered from the Ridgeway Path near Lambourn
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Press Release: 'Filthy Thirteen Leaves Mark in Normandy'
Press Release: 'Filthy Thirteen leaves mark in Normandy'
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Reproduction M42 Paratrooper Uniform
Reproduction M42 Paratrooper Uniform, including: helmet, scarf, jump jacket, belt, jump trousers and boots
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Reproduction Troop Carrier Command (TCC) mission stencils
Reproduction Troop Carrier Command (TCC) mission stencils based on original examples found in a building on the former site of RAF Membury
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Sherman Tank Turret
The M4 Sherman medium tank was the tank most widely used by the United States and western Allies in WW2
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American
Silk Parachute Panel
Silk parachute panel; possibly reused as a scarf; annotated 'Bill Tucker' and 'Frank Bilich' 505 PIR, 82nd (US) Airborne Division
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American
Song and Service Book
US issue 'Song and Service Book' for Ship and Field, published AS Barnes snd Company Inc. New York
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American
St Patrick's Day Dance Invitation
St Patrick's Day Dance invitation, dated 18 March 1944
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American
Stars and Stripes US Flag
48-star US Flag, flown in 101st Airborne Division's area, Picauville, Normandy, 1944
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Stencil
Metal letter 'A' military stencil dug from a field outside Aldbourne in the 1990s
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