Original U.S. WWII M8 Grenade Launcher for M1 Carbine with 4 Unissued Cartridge Packages British Machine Guns and had a history spanning

and had a history spanning back to the Duke of Norfolk's Regiment of Foot

In addition to his A-2 flight jacket a research binder with a complete missions list and copies of wartime documents and his obituary are included with this set

This is a 85" Pole Arm Spontoon with a 10" iron head of the type carried by German Mercenary Sergeants from an area of what is now Germany then known as "Brunswick-Wolfenbuttell" during the American Revolutionary War

The Beret is size 7 1/4 (58cm)

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Original U.S. WWII M8 Grenade Launcher for M1 Carbine with 4 Unissued Cartridge Packages British Machine Guns and had a history spanningOriginal Item: Only One Set Available. The M8 grenade launcher, formally carbine grenade launcher, M8, was a 22 mm rifle grenade launcher attachment for the M1 Carbine that saw use throughout World War II and the Korean War. The M8 is a tube shaped device, with one end slotting over the barrel of the rifle, the other end holding the grenade in place. Blank cartridges were loaded into the rifle prior to firing. When fired, the expanding gases generated