Original U.S. WWII Airborne Officer Grouping Attributed to Lt. Colonel Robert Blakeney - 54th Signal Battalion - XVIII Airborne Corps U.S. Marines USMC This is the SMALL version

This is the SMALL version

with 36740 on the cylinder

The rest has been removed by cleaning or by removal of rust

Holster is crisply embossed US on the flap

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Officer Grouping Attributed to Lt. Colonel Robert Blakeney - 54th Signal Battalion - XVIII Airborne Corps U.S. Marines USMC This is the SMALL versionOriginal Items: One of a Kind. Uniform and official papers of Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Blakeney who served as commander of the 54th Signal Battalion attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps during WWII, and following WWII as commander of the 44th Division Signal Battalion. This grouping is very paperwork heavy, including almost every document from Blakeneys time in service, even including his Pre WWII Civilian Conservation Corps documents! Of note are