Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Reagulation Nurse Uniform Dress British Machine Guns giving it a lovely aged

giving it a lovely aged patina

The Silver Wound Badge was awarded to now Unteroffizier Josef Brömer

These kits when developed were confirmed by their use in the 1944 maneuvers

but this example still retains virtually all of the original bronze

which are all heavily engraved

Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Reagulation Nurse Uniform Dress British Machine Guns giving it a lovely agedOriginal Item: One of a kind. The United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), was the women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve during World War II. It was established on July 21, 1942 by the U. S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 30. This authorized the U. S. Navy to accept women into the Naval Reserve as commissioned