U.S. WWII 1st Allied Airborne Army Shoulder Patch

U.S. WWII 1st Allied Airborne Army Shoulder Patch

$12.95
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New Made Item: Top Quality Embroidery! Hand embroidered with metal thread and glued-on cloth backing. The First Allied Airborne Army was an Allied formation formed on 2 August 1944 by the order of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. The formation was part of the Allied Expeditionary Force and controlled all Allied airborne forces in Western Europe from August 1944 to May 1945. These included IX Troop Carrier Command, the XVIII Corps (Airborne), which controlled the 82nd Airborne Division, the 101st Airborne Division, the 17th Airborne Division and a number of independent airborne units, and all British airborne forces including the 1st Airborne Division and the 6th Airborne Division. Approximate dimensions: 3.35" H x 2.25" W From the time of its creation until the end of World War II, the formation commanded the Allied airborne forces that participated in the Allied advance through North-West Europe, including Operation Market-

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