Original British WWII Royal Air Force Air Ministry K3/H2 Silk Escape Map of Spain and North Africa Spanish Militaria - Above the left breast

- Above the left breast pocket there is a blue twill base paratrooper oval with light blue embroidered border which was the oval for the 509th PIB (as well as a general Paratrooper infantry oval and the oval used by the 502nd who were assigned to the 101st Airborne)

also known as the "Flying Buccaneers"

this man had just given me a very important piece of his past for safekeeping

NJ One the other side it is marked-

The Spencer factory carbines had the both the M1860 stamping and the M1865

Original British WWII Royal Air Force Air Ministry K3/H2 Silk Escape Map of Spain and North Africa Spanish Militaria - Above the left breastOriginal item: Only One Available. Royal Air Force double sided silk escape map. One side covers North Africa, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Italian Libya and Spanish Rio Del Oro, Ref H2, and is printed in 3 colors. The other side covers southern France, Spain and a small part of N. Africa, ref K3. This side has the same color scheme. Dimensions: Width: 18 1 2in Height: 23 1 4inCondition: Excellent condition with original fold lines.