Original U.S. Civil War Enlisted Man’s Brass Shoulder Scales British Documents & Books For the next several years

For the next several years

A very nice WWII USMC Cap

but the thin barrel walls suggest that it was really intended as a shotgun for bird hunting

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His company also received the award of Army-Navy "E" Production Pennant for high achievement in production of war materials

Original U.S. Civil War Enlisted Man’s Brass Shoulder Scales British Documents & Books For the next several yearsOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. Complete pair of Civil War Shoulder Scales with mounting implements. Light artillery, cavalry troops, and some Non Commissioned Officers, musicians and privates of infantry units went to the front decorated with brass scales on their shoulders. Shoulder scales were originally designed to be a form of body armor. The idea was that if a soldier wearing these was struck down by a swordsman, the blow would be