Original U.S. WWII M7 Grenade Launcher for M1 Garand Rifle with Inert Overpainted M11A2 Practice Grenade MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets which have allowed the steel

which have allowed the steel to oxidize

The sweatband appears to bear a 1962 Contract Date

The Second Infantry Division patch

This flag is made of a silk and is hand painted with multiple lines of Japanese Kanji writing

Code S / 174 indicates  manufacture by the legendary maker Weyersberg

Original U.S. WWII M7 Grenade Launcher for M1 Garand Rifle with Inert Overpainted M11A2 Practice Grenade MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets which have allowed the steelOriginal Items: Only One Lot of 2 Available. A rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a rifle based launcher to permit a longer effective range than would be possible if the grenade were thrown by hand. The practice of projecting grenades with rifle mounted launchers was first widely used during World War I and World War II and continues to the present, with the term "rifle grenade" now encompassing many different types of payloads including high