Original U.S. WWII Marine Corps Trench Art Decorated BOFORS 40mm Mk1 Inert Shell - dated 1943 & 1944 Display Guns & Parts Sets in a moisture-vaporproof bag and

in a moisture-vaporproof bag and cushioned in a  corrugated carton

were considered as being ideal bases from which to launch B-29 Superfortress operations against Japan

From a special-to-arm perspective the Corps was led by the Inspector of the Signal Corps (Inspekteur der Nachrichtentruppen) at the Oberkommando des Heeres

Matsu and other outlying islands where the ROC relocated to in 1949

1943 that he damaged an airplane during landing a copy of this document is included

Original U.S. WWII Marine Corps Trench Art Decorated BOFORS 40mm Mk1 Inert Shell - dated 1943 & 1944 Display Guns & Parts Sets in a moisture-vaporproof bag andOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a fantastic piece of Second World War trench art. This started out as a U. S. 4 1943 dated 40MM MK1 round for the British Bofors 40 mm gun, known to the U. S. Marine Corps as the 40 mm Automatic Gun M1. It was then polished up, fitted with a dummy warhead, and decorated with a Marine Corps EGA Cap badge, as well as the date 1944 in large copper letters. The back of the shell has four copper stars attached to it.