Crest, DUI, 2nd Mechanized Cavalry Group, Normandy, Lorraine, Ardennes

Genuine WWII US distinctive insignia of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, pin back.

Created in 1836, this is one of the oldest cavalry unit in the US Army. The unit participates in the operations in Normandy where it is renamed 2nd Mechanized Cavalry Group. During Operation Cobra in late july 1944, the unit experiences battle for the first time at an Army-scale reconnaissance unit for Patton's 3rd Army. It will see action during the Battle of Metz and during the Battle of the Bulge.