Original U.S. WWII D-Day Airborne Silk Map Zones of France - Dated March 1944 - WEA Western European Area Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns At the outbreak of the

At the outbreak of the war

Comparable early turnover pistols by noted Lyon makers are today preserved in major museum collections and are recognized as rare surviving examples of the “Wender” or rotating barrel multi-shot system

The front of the jacket bears an embroidered insignia patch of the 327th Bomb Squadron

The complicated ejection system on the left side used on early conversions is no longer present

Original U.S. WWII D-Day Airborne Silk Map Zones of France - Dated March 1944 - WEA Western European Area Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns At the outbreak of theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rare hard to find March, 1944 dated "Zones of France", Scale 1: 2. 000. 000, silk map. On D Day, this map was mainly worn by US airborne troops around their neck. In February 1944, in preparation for D Day, the Intelligence School No. 9 (IS9) responsible for Western European Area (WEA) produced a second edition of the rayon map of France, printed in colors on one side, 1: 2. 000. 000 scale (1 cm for 20 km).