Original U.S. WWII D-Day Airborne Silk Map Zones of France - Dated March 1944 - WEA Western European Area Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns Comparable early turnover pistols by

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

There is also a sheet copper "X" on the right butt stock

as indicated by the label around the top vent:

It is torn through near one of the bales

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

Original U.S. WWII D-Day Airborne Silk Map Zones of France - Dated March 1944 - WEA Western European Area Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns Comparable early turnover pistols byOriginal 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).