US WW2 Named M-1910 Canteen Cup '2nd Armoured Division'
In a very nice condition a stunning US WW2 Named M-1910 Canteen Cup.
The aluminium cup is nicely maker marked by T.J.W.B.M. Co and is dated 1918.
The cupis nicely personalised by the owner and soldier Louis Y. Carder with ASN number 34084811 who was a member of C- Company 41st Armd Infantry /2nd Armoured Division.
The regiment was part of the Western Task Force of Operation Torch, which landed at Casablanca in French Morocco on 8 November 1942. Later it was an active participant in the invasion of Sicily (July 10, 1943 - August 17, 1943). With the 2nd Armored Division the 41st would play an integral role in the arduous Normandy Campaign, the Battle of the Bulge and the Western Allied invasion of Germany. The regiment was awarded four Presidential Unit Citations during the Second World War, including one for leading the breakout from Normandy and a later citation for actions in the invasion of Germany itself.
The cup comes with 2times the name and laundrynumber of the soldier and the location names he liberated as Gela and Palermo.
A very stunning named cup of one of the 2nd armoured division members.
Code: 81078
395.00 EUR