Original U.S. WWII 513th PIR Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity Named Uniform Grouping Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage the brass wire binding is

the brass wire binding is nicely intact

The underside of the feed tray-ejector has a series of concentric recesses into which the inner and outer sear springs of the trigger mechanism seat

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over a carved wood base

Nice examples of these are difficult to find especially Officer named cases with wartime applied paint

Original U.S. WWII 513th PIR Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity Named Uniform Grouping Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage the brass wire binding isOriginal Items: One of a kind set. Corporal Curtis C. Eldridge ASN 35073003 was a Light Machine Gunner in Company I of the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and in Operation Varsity the only combat jump made by the 513th PIR during the War which was also the largest Airborne drop of the conflict. Thee 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) was constituted on 26 December 1942 and assigned