and cap are indicative of the Border Guard
and dates from the late pre-war 1930's
the capital of NSDAP Germany
and exactly the type one would expect to have seen an IJA Officer carrying on the island of Iwo Jima during the battle
This is a truly amazing piece of history and it belongs in a museum
Original U.S. WWII Patrol Bombing Squadron 102 Naval Aviator Uniform Grouping with Western G-46-6 "Shark" Fighting Knife, M3 Holster, Annotated Mission Maps, and Ephemera - William P. McDonnell Scabbards & Sheaths and cap are indicative ofOriginal Items. One of a Kind Group. This is the outstanding WWII Naval Aviator uniform grouping of William P. McDonnell, who flew combat missions with Patrol Bombing Squadron 117 of the U. S. Navy during World War II. McDonnell served as both a Navigator and then pilot. The group consists of his uniform jacket, trousers, visor cap, his Western G 46 6 Shark fighting knife, his M3 holster, several hand annotated maps used on combat missions, his
