A unusual - albeit regrettably single - typical British made 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division Mountain tab

I was lucky to find three identical - albeit regrettably single - typical British made 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division Mountain tabs. On 9 October 1944, soon after the division arrived on the Continent the 52nd Lowland Division was assign to the First Canadian Army to help open the vital port of Antwerp. There fore the first major operations of the 52nd were not in mountainous terrain or through the air, but deployed below sea level on the flooded polders around the Scheldt Estuary of Belgium and the Netherlands. Operation Vitality and Operation Infatuate were aimed at capturing South Beveland and the island of Walcheren to open the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. This would enable the Allies to use the port of Antwerp as a supply route for the troops in North-West Europe. It was in this vital operation that the 52nd Division was to fight its first great battle with brilliant success. In January 1945 the 52nd Division participated in Operation Blackcock, the clearing of the Roer Triangle between the rivers Meuse and Roer. My asking price is naturally intended per single piece and please do note that this item does not show 'sold' before the last item has been sold.

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