Original U.S. WWII US Army Airborne Glider Wings Badge - Marked Sterling MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The maximum blade thickness at

The maximum blade thickness at the hilt is just over 7 millimeters

The blade is also etched with the name NORMAN C MADORE in Black Letter typeface on one side

under the other marking

running more than half a mile despite being wounded

Original U.S. WWII US Army Airborne Glider Wings Badge - Marked Sterling MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The maximum blade thickness atOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Glider Badge was a special skills badge of the United States Army. According to the U. S. Army Institute of Heraldry, the badge was awarded to personnel who had "been assigned or attached to a glider or airborne unit or to the Airborne Department of the Infantry School; satisfactorily completed a course of instruction, or participated in at least one combat glider mission into enemy held territory. This example