Original U.S. Pre-WWII 501st Parachute Battalion 1940 Christmas Dinner Menu - Rare 21st Century with a clear transition

with a clear transition

so it only could have been made between 1866 and 1870

Ashead & Sons of Dudley

though it does show a lot of past cleaning and polishing

and the correct hallmark on the back

Original U.S. Pre-WWII 501st Parachute Battalion 1940 Christmas Dinner Menu - Rare 21st Century with a clear transitionOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Following the establishment of the first Parachute Test Platoon in the summer of 1940, the US Army soon embarked on a full review and reorganization of its parachute structures. Their initial concept was to maintain small units of specialised troops that would be allocated specific tasks, but as the airborne concepts clashed within the military hierarchy, the defined structures changed. Many of these changes reflected the