Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Named Lieutenant Commander Purse British Bayonets RAF Saltby

RAF Saltby

A tirailleur

The marking on the butt plate tang tells us all we need to know: G

Dale dating between 1939 and 1945 and all name Bantz

A from of "Kris" this was known as a Piso-Pendang and has a 20" Damascus type blade decorated on both sides with carved sea serpents and East Indian script all picked out in gold

Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Named Lieutenant Commander Purse British Bayonets RAF SaltbyOriginal 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