Original U.S. WWII Airborne Paratrooper Named 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion Enlisted Man's Peaked Visor - T/5 John J. Barchenski Lee-Enfield (SMLE) This is the Swas cut

This is the Swas cut away from the vertical stabilizer fin of a DFS 230 German WWII Assault Glider

There are some Chinese replicas of these out there

though there is a nick on the point

The Model 1869 had a narrower buttplate and the stock around the barrel was thinner than on the Model 1868

cylinder and had British Army Workshops fit an non-fluted style cylinder in its place

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Paratrooper Named 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion Enlisted Man's Peaked Visor - T/5 John J. Barchenski Lee-Enfield (SMLE) This is the Swas cutOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic and named example of a Cap, Service, Wool, Serge, Olive Drab enlisted mans peaked visor. The visor belonged to Technician 5th Grade John J. Barchenski (ASN: 31215394). T 5 Barchenskit served with Battery C of the 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion during WWII. Barchenski was born on March 20, 1922 and enlisted on December 18, 1942 out of Springfield, Massachusetts. We have not been able to