Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Named Lieutenant Commander Purse British Bayonets • 21 copies of an

• 21 copies of an Army newspaper entitled "The Babbling Brooke" all dated to late 1945

The poster features a WW1 era marine riding a leopard with TRAVEL

The short rifle retains its serial numbers of F 94305 on the barrel

•- Steel Ammunition belt

refurbished based on period photographs of a legendary division of the US army

Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Named Lieutenant Commander Purse British Bayonets • 21 copies of anOriginal 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