Original U.S. WWII 503rd PIR Corregidor Veteran Ephemera Grouping of Sergeant King D. Thomas with Signed Map of Corregidor & Captured Japanese Flag Category_MG 34 Accessories Personal and Unit command pennants

Personal and Unit command pennants were an old German Army tradition which was continued and expanded during the Third Reich and included new designs and patterns for the fledgling Luftwaffe

The pommel is Waffenamt marked and he blade ricasso is also marked with German three letter code 43 cqh

and lovely checkering around the "bag" grip

as usually seen on earlier war produced examples

Original U.S. WWII 503rd PIR Corregidor Veteran Ephemera Grouping of Sergeant King D. Thomas with Signed Map of Corregidor & Captured Japanese Flag Category_MG 34 Accessories Personal and Unit command pennantsOriginal Items. One of a Kind Group. This is the tremendous ephemera grouping of Sergeant King David Thomas, Company I, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, a veteran of Corregidor and squad leader who was wounded on Negros Island in 1945. The group includes a tremendous map of Corregidor signed by 34 of his comrades. His Army Qualification Record notes about his service: SQUAD LEADER: As squad leader of a 12 man parachute infantry squad, helped train