Original British WWII Royal Air Force Pewter Presentation Flask - 501st Squadron OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT It is coded along with

It is coded along with multiple German wartime markings and has multiple waffen amts and a clear serial number 1085 on the barrel jacket and 6546 on the top cover and making this is a fine example of the most prolific German issued Light Machine gun of WW2

The rifled bore shows crisp lands and grooves and is in very nice condition Scarce to encounter today

Fifth Air Force controlled two transport squadrons and one photographic squadron comprising 1

a veteran officer

Though developed a decade before The Great War

Original British WWII Royal Air Force Pewter Presentation Flask - 501st Squadron OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT It is coded along withOriginal Item: One Only. This is a substantial Spirits Flask constructed from Pewter with a screw top and a large cover which could double as a drinking vessel. It measures 7" X 4" X 1 1 2" deep. The Screw Cap has a cork liner so the flask was probably intended to carry Brandy on long bombing runs. The cover itself is engraved with a WWII German Flying Bomb, known as a "V. 1 " or "Doodlebug". over an inscription: CONGRATULATIONS 501 SQN AUG. 1ST. 1944