WORLD WAR II: ALUMINUM BOOKENDS.

WORLD WAR II: ALUMINUM BOOKENDS.
A Pair of Theater-made "Airborne Wings" Bookends. British: c.1944-45.
Lightweight bookends made from aluminum recovered from German Aircraft shot down during the Normandy Invasion, cast in the form of U.S. Army jump wings. Width 215 mm.
Provenance: Hand-written slip of paper "101st Airborne Theater-made 'Airborne Wings' Bookends made from Aluminum from German Aircraft shot Down During Normandy Invasion. One-of-a-kind"; The War Museum, MA.

A novel theater-made set of aluminum bookends apparently made by or for the 101st Airborne Division.