A Second War American Ploesti Oil Fields Kia Group $5,500 Hold WWII British Parachute Regiment Wing

WWII British Parachute Regiment Wing - Cloth wing

July 2nd 1904

shield enameled

badge retains nearly all of the original silver finish

Down was admitted to H

A Second War American Ploesti Oil Fields Kia Group $5,500 Hold WWII British Parachute Regiment WingWWII Technical Sergeant Elijah D. Johnson USAAF, KIA on The Liberator Raid on the Ploesti Oil Fields, Romania, 1943 Distinguished Flying Cross (bronze gilt, engraved "T. SGT. ELIJAH D. JOHNSON A. C." on the reverse, 43. 3 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback); Purple Heart (bronze gilt and enamels, engraved "ELIJAH D. JOHNSON" on the reverse, 34. 7 mm x 43 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback); and Air Medal (bronze gilt, engraved "T. SGT.