Navigator and Bombardier: After bombing Kobe he ditched in the sea off China
These included the Wrangel
A lovely canteen set ready for further research and display
Original Item: Well we got a very limited quantity of these from a recent Government Sale
photographed during an exercise with a 24-pounder gun in Fort Corcoran near Arlington Heights
Original U.S. Civil War Federal Issue .44 Caliber Pistol Cartridge Box by J. Davy & Co. of Newark, New Jersey Rear Sight Assembly Navigator and Bombardier: After bombingOriginal Item: Only One Available. US Infantry accouterments from 1839 1851, specifically Frogs on Bayonet Scabbards, Waist Belts and Cartridge Box Slings, were made from White Buff Leather. Buff leather is leather that has been whitened through a complex, expensive and time consuming chemical process. In 1851, the US Ordnance Dept. changed the leather used in these items to "Buff Leather, Blacked." Hence, all existing accouterments in the US Arsenals