13073 - U.S. Marine NCO Firing M1911 Pistol, Belleau Wood, 1918 K&C Luftwaffe Tin cups instead of wine

Tin cups instead of wine glasses

58 caliber rifle and gave an extra long reach for close quarters fighting

This trio of German Officers are now at the mercy of their French captors and looking distinctly worried

A black armband with the same letters and a white braided whistle-cord round his right shoulder can also be seen

13073 - U.S. Marine NCO Firing M1911 Pistol, Belleau Wood, 1918 K&C Luftwaffe Tin cups instead of wineIn June 1918, the United States Marine Corps earned one of its most legendary battle honors in the forests of Belleau Wood, France. As German forces threatened Paris during a major Spring Offensive, the Marines of the 4th Brigade were ordered to hold the line and then attack. Facing entrenched German machine guns, barbed wire, and poison gas, the Marines launched wave after wave of ferocious assaults across open wheat fields. Their tenacity and