Original French WWII Char B1 Tank Trench Art Desk Model - Formerly Part of the A.A.F. Tank Museum U.S. Navy and was intended to be

and was intended to be a one-off souvenir of the event

(remaining attached to the 482d Bomb Group) and moved to RAF Watton (Station 376)

France and Britain had a relatively large number of tanks available

Serial # 472909

a cotton patch sewn in place in the crotch incorporating an ornate navy blue pattern

Original French WWII Char B1 Tank Trench Art Desk Model - Formerly Part of the A.A.F. Tank Museum U.S. Navy and was intended to beOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic desk top silhouette model of the French Char B1 Tank. It is constructed out of a sheet of Brass, likely a flattened piece of artillery casing, and mounted on lump of shrapnel over a wood base. The front of the tank reads RE 197. The model tank came to us from the American Armoured Foundation, Inc. Tank and Ordnance Memorial Museum. The AAF Tank Museum was a living memorial dedicated to the Tank