Original U.S. WWII Navy VF9 Navy Cross Hellcat Pilot Grouping - Lt. Vasco Armani Category_MG 34 Mounts with the blade retaining about

with the blade retaining about 90%+ of its original grayish parkerized finish

The MG 13 was the first post-WW1 light machine gun adopted by the German Army

Lewis had been working closely with British arms manufacturer The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) in an effort to overcome some of the production difficulties of the weapon

Shows age and minor moth nip but all in all a true "been there" example of a WW2 Japanese officer cap

with many loops and horseshoe curves

Original U.S. WWII Navy VF9 Navy Cross Hellcat Pilot Grouping - Lt. Vasco Armani Category_MG 34 Mounts with the blade retaining aboutOriginal Items: One of a kind set. The items in this grouping belonged to an Ensign Vasco Armani of Indiana who served as a pilot in the United States Navy. Records indicate that he served in both VF9 and VF79 during WWII and piloted Hellcats. An official war diary record for the 31st of December, 1943 that he damaged an airplane during landing a copy of this document is included. In one original wartime photo included in this collection he is wearing