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ORIGINAL WW2 US 5th ARMY MILITARY POLICE - BLESSING the 5th ARMY FLAG ROME 1944

$ 102.96

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Modified Item: No
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy

    Description

    ORIGINAL - WW2 US 5th ARMY MILITARY POLICE at the BLESSING of the 5th ARMY FLAG in ROME 1944 ID'd PHOTO
    ORIGINAL RARE and HISTORIC WW2 U.S. 5th ARMY MILITARY POLICE at the BLESSING of the
    5th ARMY
    MILITARY POLICE COMPANY FLAG FLAG in ROME circa1944. ON THE 5th ARMY MILITARY POLICE FLAG CAN BE SEEN THE BATTLE STREAMERS OF
    GETTYSBURG
    (CIVIL WAR),
    YPRES
    (WW1),
    FLANDERS
    (WW1),
    SOMME
    (WW1) AS WELL AS THE WORD
    POLICE
    . ON THE SHOULDERS OF SEVERAL OF THE MP's CAN BE SEEN THE
    5th ARMY
    PATCH (
    A over 5
    ). IN FRONT OF THE THE SANTA MARIA SOPRA MINERVA CHURCH IN ROME (The first, and possibly the only, Gothic church existing in Rome). THE COMPANY of MP's POSE WITH THEIR COLONEL NEXT TO ROME'S HIGHEST CARDINAL AND THE
    5th ARMY
    MILITARY POLICE COMPANY FLAG along with a U.S. FLAG. ON THE REVERSE IS A PARTICIPANTS PERIOD FOUNTAIN PENNED ID'd MESSAGE OF THE PHOTO:
    Taken at the flag blessing ceremony
    (our flag). It was a beautiful affair.
    He is the highest cardinal in Rome.
    That’s our Col. on his right.
    You shouldn’t have trouble finding
    me.  Or did you?
    DIMENSIONS: 3  3/8" x 4  11/16"
    SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
    CONDITION IS VERY FINE.
    (please see pictures)
    THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR COPY.
    PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.