Description
Universal Mess Utensil
as wear and refinishing has obliterated virtually all stock markings
Movement Serial Number: 31177 887
It has the angled corner specific to early production models
The shell is maker marked with the stamping on the underside of the rim ZA1 76
Original U.S. WWII Pre- 1942 Army Air Force Aircraft Star Insignia M3 Grease Gun Universal Mess UtensilOriginal Item: Only One Available. After WWI by 1919, all American warplanes had adopted new a new set of markings characterized by a white star on a blue disc with a bright red dot in the center. Aircraft tail flaps during this period were often painted with distinctive horizontal red and white stripes reminiscent of the U. S. flag an all too flashy color scheme that was quickly discarded at the outset of Americas entry into the Second World War. All