Patch, 45th Infantry Division, GEMSCO

Genuine WWII US shoulder sleeve insignia of the 45th Infantry Division 'Thunderbird', which landed in Southern France in August 1944.

Made by GEMSCO.

Assembled by WAC Sgt. Iraline Eichhorst from Minnesota. Period patch groupings were cut apart and individually separated.

Iraline was stationed in New York, while her husband, George, was a tank commander in the 750th Tank Battalion during the Battle of the Bulge.