Original U.S. WWII Era Named Merchant Marine Seaman’s Identification Papers Booklet - Messman Wilbur Jackson Martini-Henry Rifles which indicates manufacture by Ingersoll

which indicates manufacture by Ingersoll Rand Products

our first town

9” In Length

and the tang of the blade is signed (Mei) with the characters 森 国 俊 鍛 之

however it has torn through most of the fingers

Original U.S. WWII Era Named Merchant Marine Seaman’s Identification Papers Booklet - Messman Wilbur Jackson Martini-Henry Rifles which indicates manufacture by IngersollOriginal Items: Only One Available. This is a nice little grouping that belonged to Wilbur Reginald Jackson of Monroe, Louisiana. He appears to have joined the Merchant Marines out of San Francisco, California on December 22, 1944 according to his Seamans Certificate of Identification. The Recruitment and Manning Organization of the War Shipping Administration states Jackson as being appointed a Seaman in the Recruitment and Manning Organization, War