Original U.S. WWII D-Day Omaha Beach Silver Star Recipient Named Grouping Martini-Henry Parts Supported 80th Infantry Division in

Supported 80th Infantry Division in capture of Kassel and advance to Erfurt and Chemnitz in April

He fought in the European Theatre and after the war he brought home a number of German items as war trophies and souvenirs

Flintlock Rifles were used by German Hessian Troops of King George III"s occupying armies during the American War of Independence of the 1770s that was actually conclude after the disastrous British campaign of 1812

Overall a nice condition Imperial Prussian enlisted man’s pickelhaube correct for the age

Original U.S. WWII D-Day Omaha Beach Silver Star Recipient Named Grouping Martini-Henry Parts Supported 80th Infantry Division inOriginal Item: One of a kind. Lieutenant Colonel William C. Mahoney was wounded on D Day June 6, 1944 on Omaha Beach. He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for valor in combat. He retired from the Army as a colonel in 1961. He was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam and received numerous medal including the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Silver Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, French Croix de Guerre with palm, Belgium Croix de Guerre