Original Item. Only One Available. This is a gorgeous WWII decal for the 13th Armored Division, featuring an insignia designed by Walt Disney himself. The decal is in a frame measuring 5⅝ x 7⅝”, but it is not centered in the frame and could be removed. 

The decal features a black cat doing several things deemed as “bad luck”, including breaking a mirror, stepping under a ladder, using an umbrella when it isn’t raining, and spilling salt. This coincides with the division’s number, 13, often considered the most unlucky number. The deal has Walt Disney’s signature and copyright symbol in the bottom right corner.

This is a fantastic WWII Disney decal for a combat-torn armored division, ready for further research and display.

The 13th Armored Division was activated on 15 October 1942 at Camp Beale, east of Marysville, California.

The 13th Armored, known as the Black Cats, landed at Le Havre, France, 29 January 1945. After performing occupation duties, the Division moved to Homberg near Kassel to prepare for combat under the Third Army, 5 April. At Altenkirchen, it was attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps and prepared for the Ruhr Pocket operation. The attack jumped off at Honnef, 10 April. After crossing the river Sieg at Siegburg, the 13th pushed north to Bergisch Gladbach, then toward Duisburg and Mettmann by 18 April.

Shifting south to Eschenau, the Division prepared for Bavarian operations. Starting from Parsberg, 26 April, the 13th crossed the Regen river, then the Danube at Matting and secured the area near Dünzling. On the 28th, elements closed in at Plattling and crossed the Isar River. Moderate to heavy resistance was met during this drive through southern Germany. The Division smashed into Braunau am Inn, Austria, 2 May, and the command post was set up in the house where Adolf H was born. A bridgehead across the Inn was established at Marktl, but the river was not crossed as orders came to reassemble north of Inn River, 2 May.

Preparations were made for further advances when the war in Europe ended. The 13th remained in Germany until 25 June and left Le Havre, France, for home, 14 July 1945.