Description
and the belt may have been shortened
which indicates the approximate manufacture date of October - November 1943
It continued fighting around Leningrad until the German forces retreated in January 1944
The reverse is marked with the compound elements along the bottom of the eagle's right wing
The tunic does have quite a bit of mothing to it and was definitely not stored properly
Original U.S. WWII Named Scrapbook and Photo Album With Over 300 Photos and Documents - 1st Sgt Carl Flieshman 716th Railway Battalion British Awards Medals Badges Insignia and the belt may haveOriginal Items: One Of A Kind. The mission of a railway operating battalion was to manage and maintain a designated section of a military railway in a theater of operations. Unlike civilian railroads, however, the battalions also had to be prepared to destroy the line it operated. In general, a railway operating battalion could maintain and operate between ninety and 150 miles of single track railroad, although its actual area of responsibility in