Original U.S. WWII Mae West USAAF Pneumatic Life Vest by Firestone - January 1945 Scottish Militaria The front cover features black

The front cover features black printed Gothic script Mitglieds-Ausweis der AH-Jugend

barrel springs

IR rays are focused on the image tubes

however it is marked on the  interior of the lock marked W

In particular the alarmingly large number of accidental discharges when the breech-block was closed and high degree of hair triggers

Original U.S. WWII Mae West USAAF Pneumatic Life Vest by Firestone - January 1945 Scottish Militaria The front cover features blackOriginal Item: Only One Available. During World War II the U. S. aviators and the Royal Air Force servicemen had available to them a vital piece of American made equipment for emergencies that had only been in use for a few years: an inflatable (Mae West) life preserver, courtesy of a man named Peter Markus (1885 1973). Markus developed his invention in the 1920s and received a patent on it in 1928; in 1930 and 1931 he patented some minor changes to