Original U.S. WWII USMC VMB-443 Radio Gunner’s R-14 Headset with Mission “Chit” and Australian-Made HBT Cap with Old Museum Tag - Corporal Frederick E. Ronson 16th Century At the top are two

At the top are two NSDAP swas national flags

one that we have had a bit of trouble classifying

and is missing in many areas

and engraving all appear consistent with the late 18th-century period

The “Knapsack” type life jacket was a 1942 design worn around the midsection

Original U.S. WWII USMC VMB-443 Radio Gunner’s R-14 Headset with Mission “Chit” and Australian-Made HBT Cap with Old Museum Tag - Corporal Frederick E. Ronson 16th Century At the top are twoOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is the outstanding headset and Australian made HBT cap of Corporal Frederick E. Ronson, who served as a Radio Gunner with VMB 443, Marine Bombing Squadron 443, during World War II. The most outstanding feature of this set is the leather covering on the headband, which Ronson used as a Mission Chit, denoting each mission he completed with an X, with a staggering 39 missions total, marked at the end with END OF WAR