Original U.S. Post-WWI Fabric from Broken Wing of Air Mail Pilot Charles H. Ames’ Plane - Crashed October 1st, 1925 U.S. Army hefty service pistol built for

hefty service pistol built for cavalry and naval use

contractor 72 stands for Karl Rob

The barrel nocks form is heavily worn from powder burn and is missing a small bit of wood around this area

and on the left side under the grips is marked with serial number 13399

The 1/4th Battalion served in India before landing at Le Havre as part of the 159th Brigade in the 53rd (Welsh) Division in July 1917 for service on the Western Front

Original U.S. Post-WWI Fabric from Broken Wing of Air Mail Pilot Charles H. Ames’ Plane - Crashed October 1st, 1925 U.S. Army hefty service pistol built forOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is an outstanding artifact from one of the more well known crashes in the history of early aviation. Charles Ames was born on February 2, 1894 in Jackson, Michigan. In 1917, he enlisted at Rockwell Field in San Diego, California and in the next year was in ground school at SMA in Berkley. He worked his way up to an instructor position at San Antonio, Texas, then at the Curtiss field in Kokomo, Indiana in 1920. He had