Original 19th Century U.S. “Ships in a Bottle” Maritime Folk Art made with Bristol’s Sarsaparilla Bottle No Return adopted as the L2A3 in

adopted as the L2A3 in 1955 with over 400

Edged Weapons

The left side of the magazine casing has been milled out to show the inner workings

One of the Japanese bombers hit Downes and one scored a hit on Pennsylvania that passed through the boat deck and exploded in casemate No

it also bears the date "20 Juli 1944" and a facsimile of AH's signature below the helmet and date The 20 July Wound Badges were made in all three grades of black

Original 19th Century U.S. “Ships in a Bottle” Maritime Folk Art made with Bristol’s Sarsaparilla Bottle No Return adopted as the L2A3 inOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Here we have a classic example of maritime folk art: Ships in a bottle! These are always very interesting, as the ships themselves must be designed to fit into the small opening of the bottle, and then are unfolded INSIDE the bottle. All of the positioning and such must be done through the bottle opening, and is a long tedious process, so even simple scenes such as this are a significant time commitment. The two vessels