Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Named Lieutenant Commander Purse British Bayonets We purchased set this at

We purchased set this at a recent military show

• 21 copies of an Army newspaper entitled "The Babbling Brooke" all dated to late 1945

•- Steel Ammunition belt

A tirailleur

The short rifle retains its serial numbers of F 94305 on the barrel

Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Named Lieutenant Commander Purse British Bayonets We purchased set this atOriginal 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