Original U.S. WWII Silver Star 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Named Officer Grouping - Lieutenant Chester Anderson Japanese Helmets In 1939 the US Army

In 1939 the US Army issued a requirement for an anti-tank rifle capable of penetrating 1¼" (32mm) of armor at 500 yards (460m)

It is further marked with a Crown over ERFURT on the ricasso and the cross guard which has the early horns is nicely regimentally marked R

and cracking along the seam where the two pieces of wood are joined

that led to its later introduction on the S

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Original U.S. WWII Silver Star 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Named Officer Grouping - Lieutenant Chester Anderson Japanese Helmets In 1939 the US ArmyOriginal Item: One of a kind. The Silver Star Citation about this U. S. WWII Paratrooper Officer says it all: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Infantry) [then Second Lieutenant] Chester R. Anderson (ASN: 0 545570), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne