[Te Koop] 8th U.S. infantry division Ike jacket WWII
Aangeboden een schitterend Ike jacket van een "First Sergeant" in de 8ste infanterie divisie. Het jack is een maat 36R en genaamd, dus een ideaal researchproject.
Gedateerd 22 Juli 1944.
De collar disk zijn de standaard U.S. en Coastal Artillery disks, maar wel screw back, dus 100% oorlogs!
Medailles zijn: good conduct, world war II victory, american campaign medal, EAME en american defence.
Onderaan de linkermouw drie maal 6 maanden overzee, dus 1,5 jaar overzee geweest. De grote diagonale streep staat voor drie jaar in dienst.
Een jasje in betere staat kan je niet vinden!
Vraagprijs: €Verkocht!
Informatie 8th infantry division:
* Activated: 1 July 1940
* Overseas: 5 December 1943
* Campaigns:
* Normandy
* North France
* Rhineland
* Central Europe
* Days of combat: 266.
After training in Ireland the 8th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach, Normandy, 4 July 1944, and entered combat on the 7th. Fighting through the hedgerows, it crossed the Ay River, 26 July, pushed through Rennes, 8 August, and attacked Brest in September. The Crozon Peninsula was cleared, 19 September, and the division drove across France to Luxembourg, moved to the Hurtgen Forest, 20 November, cleared Hurtgen on the 28th and Brandenburg, 3 December, and pushed on to the Roer. That river was crossed on 23 February 1945, Duren taken on the 25th and the Erft Canal crossed on the 28th. The 8th reached the Rhine near Rodenkirchen, 7 March, and maintained positions along the river near Koln. On 6 April the division attacked northwest to aid in the destruction of enemy forces in the Ruhr Pocket, and by the 17th had completed its mission. After security duty, the division, under operational control of the British Second Army, drove across the Elbe, 1 May, and penetrated to Schwerin when the war in Europe ended.