United States. A Second War 101st Airborne Clicker, D-Day Invasion Signalling Tool Archive disembarking at Ramsgate on February

disembarking at Ramsgate on February 14

marked with an unknown maker mark

000 man Army of the Reichswehr

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

United States. A Second War 101st Airborne Clicker, D-Day Invasion Signalling Tool Archive disembarking at Ramsgate on FebruaryIn 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