I just acquired this small group from the widow of this man's nephew. The group belonged to Richard L. Bramley. Bramley was born in Clarkeson, Washington. He was a member of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, during WWII and participated in a combat jump during the invasion of southern France. His decorations included: Purple Heart, American Theater Service Medal, European Theater Service Medal, Victory Medal, French Croix de Guerre and Belgian Fourragere. The only medal I obtained was his Purple Heart. Unnamed, but numbered "369307". Also here are his jump wings marked "STERLING A.E. CO. UTICA N.Y."; and, best of all, his invasion flag. On the back is written the following: "My prized possession. This was worn on my shoulder in my parachute drop in So. France August 15 1944. What appears to be dirt is camou make up to be less obvious. Dick Bramley". Additionally, there is a 5×7 studio photo of Bramley  woth large parachute troops patch, wings, parachute cap badge and jump boots (taken when he was 19 years of age). A smaller photo of Bramley with a 82nd Airborne patch and what I think is an ETO service ribbon with invasion device. Lastly there are a couple paper items that were glued in the frame and a small paper booklet highlighting the 517th's activities. It has se⁰veral names and addresses on the last couple pages. I found one web page "U.S. Airborne" that shows the 5×7 photo in this lot, and states that Bramley was with the 596th Airborne Engineer Company (3rd Platoon). The last photo was captured from the U.S. Airborne website.

Great grouping.  Really like the arm flag.

The studio portrait isn’t half bad either.

What’s the deal with the bazooka rocket??? Nice group!

Awesome group! That flag with the writing is killer. Love seeing Southern France paras, an often overlooked operation.

Yeah, the rocket is intetesting. I am guessing a souvenir he sent home?

Fantastic grouping!

The family reached out to me again. This is what they had. The oval and 596th patch are from reunions. The para badge is lovely. One star for Operation Dragoon, where he was wounded. And a dog tag. There is yet another named badge and a couple odds and ends yet to come. Wish I could remember who bought the initial group, but I can't.