Original U.S. WWI 1st Infantry Division Named Grouping - France and Mexican Border War Spanish Militaria The compass and bearing plate

The compass and bearing plate both bear three letter code jlq for V

was made up of many tribes of various origins and used primitive broad swords fashioned on those the European Crusaders had carried back in the 13th and 14th centuries

An excellent example for any WW2 Collection

Green Beret Special Operations Group Hatchet Force soldiers who took part in the infamous Operation Tailwind a covert incursion into southeastern Laos during the Vietnam War

It has the typical British Naval iron crown mounting to the top and is engraved:

Original U.S. WWI 1st Infantry Division Named Grouping - France and Mexican Border War Spanish Militaria The compass and bearing plateOriginal Items: One of a kind set. Sergeant John Saglett ASN 48422 was born June 14th, 1889 in Sopron Me, Kaupvar, Hungary to John Sr. and Rose Szaglett. The youngest of three children, his mother died of tuberculosis shorty after he was born, and was raised by his eldest sister who was only 8 years old at the time. In 1905 they made their way to America, where John worked in the Pennsylvania coal mines until the family moved to South Bend, Indiana.