Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Reagulation Nurse Uniform Dress British Machine Guns giving it a lovely aged

giving it a lovely aged patina

made after WW2 for use with the 100 round Bren gun Drum magazine on any

It looks to say R

It was originally manufactured as a “Magazine Lee-Enfield Rifle Mk I” in 1897 by Birmingham Small Arms and Metals Company

but this example still retains virtually all of the original bronze

Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Reagulation Nurse Uniform Dress British Machine Guns giving it a lovely agedOriginal Item: One of a kind. The United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), was the women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve during World War II. It was established on July 21, 1942 by the U. S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 30. This authorized the U. S. Navy to accept women into the Naval Reserve as commissioned