A 407 INFANTRY REGIMENT PRESENTATION PLATTER FROM THE USN September...

A 407 INFANTRY REGIMENT PRESENTATION PLATTER FROM THE USN
September 1944
A silver platter stenciled "USN" with US Navy anchor logo at top rim, inscribed on the rim, "COL. PHILIP R. DWYER U.S.A.T. MARINE WOLF SEPT. 12. 1944 407TH INF. REGT. CHERBOURG FRANCE".
14 x 18in (35.6 x 45.7cm)
This platter is a gift from the US Navy to Colonel Dwyer, commander of the 407th Infantry regiment, to commemorate the transport into Cherbourg, Normandy in September 1944. The 407th as part of the 102nd infantry Division (The Ozark Division) took part in the Allied drive into the heart of Germany in 1945.