Original U.S. WWII 106th Infantry Division & 3rd Infantry Division Ike Jacket with Laundry Number & Ribbon Bar Antique Smith & Wessons When grenades were packed

When grenades were packed

"Shining Brass" or "Prairie Fire" missions

ensuing political pressure to adopt a domestic design resulted in the Vetterli Model 1867

but we are not entirely certain of this

and was reissued for WWII with a new "Boot" style scabbard with a clip on the back

Original U.S. WWII 106th Infantry Division & 3rd Infantry Division Ike Jacket with Laundry Number & Ribbon Bar Antique Smith & Wessons When grenades were packedOriginal Item. Only One Available. The 106th Infantry Division is a very sought after unit due to their tragic defeat & capture at the Battle of the Bulge, where two of its three regiments were overrun and surrounded in the initial days of the battle, being forced to surrender to German forces on 19 December 1944. The division's 422nd and 423rd Infantry Regiments were encircled and cut off by a junction of enemy forces in the vicinity of Schnberg.