Original U.S. WWII Airborne Officer Grouping Attributed to Lt. Colonel Robert Blakeney - 54th Signal Battalion - XVIII Airborne Corps MP 34 The holster design is rather

The holster design is rather ingenious

The squadron was activated on 1 April 1967 at a commissioning ceremony at Vung Tau with four detachments: Detachment 1 (formerly HC-1 Detachment 29) on USS Hunterdon County

the second one of only three that are known to exist

typical of a 100 year old scabbard

As with many of these rifles

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Officer Grouping Attributed to Lt. Colonel Robert Blakeney - 54th Signal Battalion - XVIII Airborne Corps MP 34 The holster design is ratherOriginal Items: One of a Kind. Uniform and official papers of Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Blakeney who served as commander of the 54th Signal Battalion attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps during WWII, and following WWII as commander of the 44th Division Signal Battalion. This grouping is very paperwork heavy, including almost every document from Blakeneys time in service, even including his Pre WWII Civilian Conservation Corps documents! Of note are