Original U.S. WWII Navy VF9 Navy Cross Hellcat Pilot Grouping - Lt. Vasco Armani Category_MG 34 Mounts Shows age and minor moth

Shows age and minor moth nip but all in all a true "been there" example of a WW2 Japanese officer cap

The MG 13 was the first post-WW1 light machine gun adopted by the German Army

Although dated 1776 this musket did not see service in the American Revolution but was busy oppressing another colony half a world away at that same time

" presumably for Andrew Tracey

with many loops and horseshoe curves

Original U.S. WWII Navy VF9 Navy Cross Hellcat Pilot Grouping - Lt. Vasco Armani Category_MG 34 Mounts Shows age and minor mothOriginal Items: One of a kind set. The items in this grouping belonged to an Ensign Vasco Armani of Indiana who served as a pilot in the United States Navy. Records indicate that he served in both VF9 and VF79 during WWII and piloted Hellcats. An official war diary record for the 31st of December, 1943 that he damaged an airplane during landing a copy of this document is included. In one original wartime photo included in this collection he is wearing