Original U.S. Navy Mark 9 Illuminated Sight French Militaria The cross guard arms are

The cross guard arms are nicely tapered and are in a tripartite design with fine feathering in a gold tone

The shark-faced nose art of the Flying Tigers remains among the most recognizable image of any individual combat aircraft or combat unit of World War II

Cap (hat) not included

for several years

known as a Takooba

Original U.S. Navy Mark 9 Illuminated Sight French Militaria The cross guard arms areOriginal Item: Only One Available. The US Navy Gunsights used during WWII and the early post wars years was limited to just three main types of Gunsights (and their many late war and early post war adaptations and evolutions); all of them being adaptations of British sights: The Mark 8 illuminated sight used for fixed gunnery that was a modified version of the British Barr & Stroud GM2 fixed gun sight (designated the Fixed gun Reflector Sight Mk II);