Original U.S. Vietnam War Presentation Montagnard Crossbow with Quiver & Bolts to Captain James F. Russell, U.S. Army Advisor Water Jacket Assembly as is engraved on the

as is engraved on the side of his mess kit

fighting up along the French coast to the Alps along the French and Italian border

Joseph Christian Leyendecker

This set is called a Hauptbesteck 1939 (Main Cutlery 1939)

as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear"

Original U.S. Vietnam War Presentation Montagnard Crossbow with Quiver & Bolts to Captain James F. Russell, U.S. Army Advisor Water Jacket Assembly as is engraved on theOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a lovely Montagnard crossbow souvenir presented to (then) Captain James F. Russell, a U. S. Army Advisor in Vietnam from September 1964 1965. Russell served two tours of duty in Vietnam, the first as an adviser from 1964 to 1965, and the second from 1970 to 1972. During his second tour, he commanded a U. S. military police battalion in Saigon. The bow measures 21 inches and the body measures 12 1 2 inches, makes a