WW2 83rd INF MAJ.NORMANDY GROUP MAPS M1 HELMET KNIFE LUXEMBERG ARMOURED CALVARY OMAHA BEACH D-DAY ETO MADE Start Price USD 9.99 Current Price USD 4,550.00 Time Left - Bid Count 40 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 26, 2008 End Time Wednesday, December 03, 2008 Location Albuquerque, NM See more about 'WW2 83rd INF MAJ.NORMANDY GROUP MAPS M1 HELMET KNIFE ' Description this group i have had for over 20 plus years it is one of my most prized normandy groupings this is the grouping of H.H.DRUM he was a west point graduate. in 1940 he joined the army and ended up in the 83rd known as the thunder bolt divison he was in the armoured calvary he went to england in 1944 with his unit and landed on omaha beach D+12. and began his war with the germans he was wouned in france at i belive the battle at ST.LO for that he was awarded the purple heart. the map of france he made up in england it has graphs taped to it and it shows the all the landing beaches the holes are from a german mortar i counted 8 holes bb size to an inch or more the maj. had this in a map case that was on his side. he fought in the lori river on one map it shows the exact locatoin of the 83rd armored calvary 5 times written in his own hand one map shows his unit right outside Gressenich at one position it is dated 6 dec to 7 dec the otheer one is 19 dec to 25 dec three days later the 83rd smashed into the german lines for the battle of the buldge this map is copied from a captured german map and was printed 5 nov 1944 by army intellgence. the other side was a map of vatry but it was cancelled at this time nothing was wasted the hat is made by luxemberg and eagle very light mothing to top no holes just a very light trails you have to look right at it to see. the pink breeches are also luxemberg made personal items shaver mini bible with christoper medal date is 1926 gemsco major oak leaf same are one the trench. coat meyer captain bar a very fine pair of luxemberg lt. bars bronze star unnamed ww2 victory cavarly pins u.s. pin and 2 early screw back rotc collar brass officer ring worn all through france belgium and so on schrade pocket knife small silk flag and sewing kit. trench coat is the very rare ETO made also the very rare british made pistol belt everything goses this helmet saw a lot of action it is a front seam fixed bail and un messed with the major wore this all through his ww2 service as the othe field gear items the canteen has. cup dated 1945 as the cover the canteen is very unusual no marks but for the cap it is dated 43 on the inside the marbles knife is huge 7 1/2 inch blade overall little over 12 inches original sheath also. (im posting more pictures of this grouping on the marine plastic ega auction) thank you semper fi mac. On Nov-25-08 at 19:45:16 PST, seller added the following information:the awards are silver star, bronze star, purple heart, american defence, american campaign, eto with 4 battle stars, and a french medal only 46 memers of the division recived the french medal. Place a Bid!