Original U.S. WWII 2nd Armor Division Normandy Silver Star Recipient Named Grouping Hotchkiss MG and the world's second oldest

and the world's second oldest merchant bank (after Berenberg Bank)

After 72 days of combat in the Netherlands the division returned to a new staging area in Mourmelon

as they were in use for many years and suffered a lot of wear and abuse

Progress was then good for a couple of months until the Germans turned

Original U.S. WWII 2nd Armor Division Normandy Silver Star Recipient Named Grouping Hotchkiss MG and the world's second oldestOriginal Items: One of a kind set. A fantastic Silver Star group named to Sgt. Satere Pete Rallis of the 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division. The 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion or Seven O Deuce was activated 15 December, 1941, at Fort Benning, Georgia. Equipped with T70s (M18's) before shipping to the United Kingdom, where the battalion arrived on 25 February, 1944, only to be issued M10's. Landed at Omaha Beach