Original U.S. WWII Scarce 5217th Reconnaissance Battalion “The Philippine Airborne” Theater-Made Uniform Patch Category_Flintlock Pistols Well worn and ready to

Well worn and ready to display

and the bore shows clear lands and grooves with a partly bright finish

and is a spectacular item

The brass fuze housing itself is dated 12 六 十 昭

There are however some dents on both sides of the scabbard

Original U.S. WWII Scarce 5217th Reconnaissance Battalion “The Philippine Airborne” Theater-Made Uniform Patch Category_Flintlock Pistols Well worn and ready toOriginal Item. Only One Available. During April 1943, Lt. Col. Courtney Whitney made a tour of the First and Second Filipino Infantry Regiments then training in the United States at Camp Beale and Camp Cooke, in California (now known as Beale AFB and Vandenburg AFB respectively). Whitney picked 700 men to be trained in Australia for secret missions behind Japanese lines in the Philippines. They were to become known as "Mission Men". The selected