Original U.S. WWII US Army Airborne Glider Wings Badge - Marked Sterling Thompson SMG which was a failed British

which was a failed British Army offensive during the Second World War to raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-capture eastern Cyrenaica from German and Italian forces

Now this is an incredible piece of WWII Submarine Warfare history

especially without a front sight

This example is marked with matching serial number 1892 on the frame

but the second character is mis-stamped

Original U.S. WWII US Army Airborne Glider Wings Badge - Marked Sterling Thompson SMG which was a failed BritishOriginal 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