United States. A Second War 101st Airborne Clicker, D-Day Invasion Signalling Tool Archive unmarked but with the physical

unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by the firm of Rudolf Souval

the reverse retaining a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/462” and a secondary code of “029878”

Innsbruck”

the opposite end retaining a hidden brown leather tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets

and Collar Tab Pair (in pickled copper

United States. A Second War 101st Airborne Clicker, D-Day Invasion Signalling Tool Archive unmarked but with the physicalIn magnetic metal and covered in yellow paint, a metal tongue on the underside, which clicks when pressed, measures 14. 9 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), functional, a rare item, in very fine condition. Footnote: The metal cricket clicker was issued to some Allied airborne troops for use during the Normandy landings on D Day, 6 June 1944, as a simple recognition device. Emitting a distinctive clicking sound when pressed, it allowed paratroopersparticularly of the