Original U.S. Spanish American War Silver Mounted Officer Swagger Stick Marked MORO 81mm Mortar The 380th went overseas in

The 380th went overseas in April 1943 to become the second B-24 unit in the Fifth Air Force at that time after the 90th Bomb Group

the muzzle ring removed by the Germans and also bearing the German blue/black finish

on the face of the percussion hammer

with a great patina of age

A provisional manual was printed in French as Provisoire sur le pistolet-mitrailleur Erma – Vollmer de 9mm

Original U.S. Spanish American War Silver Mounted Officer Swagger Stick Marked MORO 81mm Mortar The 380th went overseas inOriginal Item: One of a Kind. The Moro Rebellion started just after the United States took control of the Philippine Islands at the close of the Spanish American War. The rebellion lasted from 1899 until 1913. The Moros were a tribe from the Southern Philippine Islands who did not see the U. S. as granting them freedom from the Spanish but as just an other set of Oppressors. This beautifully made Swagger stick, clearly commissioned by a U. S. Officer,