Original U.S. WWII Navy Seabeas Construction Battalion Trench Art Model on Base Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts The HMS Berwick was a

The HMS Berwick was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy

The stock has some small cracks and chunks missing

The modern consensus is that its true purpose was for grinding corn or wheat or

The lockplate marked very faintly with partial date 853 in the Austrian fashion and the remains double headed eagle

It is decorated with a lovely aluminum bullion embroidered eagle insignia on the peak and an open silvered aluminum bullion embroidered surrounding an embroidered tri-color cockade on the band

Original U.S. WWII Navy Seabeas Construction Battalion Trench Art Model on Base Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts The HMS Berwick was aOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous and adorable piece of WWII trench art, a small model of a Seabee, the name given to the Naval Construction Battalions that served overseas during the war. The model measures 5 x 3 x 5. The bee and its head appear to be made of wood, while colored pipe cleaners make up the arms and legs. Hes holding a knife, an ax, a machine gun, and a hammer. His wings are made of a light metal, possibly tin. The