US WWII, 101st Airborne Division SSI, The Screaming Eagles
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $50.00

Original period manufacture. Cut edge, cotton embroidered patch which does not fluoresce under a UV light. White cotton reverse, normal age and wear, removed from a uniform.  The 101st Airborne Division, needs no introduction here, gaining fame along with its sister 82nd "All American" Division, during the Normandy operation on the morning of June 6th 1944. It's defense of the Belgian town of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge is well known. Their commander's cryptic reply to the German demand for the surrender of the 101st was epic, "NUTS".The Division served in  four campaigns in Europe in 214 days of combat, suffering the loss of 9,328 casualties.