COMPLETE
AND
READY TO GO

WWII
ARMY NAVY
AIR FORCE
MILITARY WATCH BOX

WITH
READY TO WEAR
RESTORED
WARRANTED
REMOVABLE
VINTAGE
WWII
WALTHAM
SIGNED
TYPE A-11
HACKING
MILITARY WATCH

WWII ELGIN TYPE A-8
10 SECONDS NAVIGATION TIMER
WITH LEATHER FOB
&
MILITARY BUTTON

AND

READY TO WEAR
RESTORED
WARRANTED
REMOVABLE
VINTAGE
WWII
WITTNAUER
SIGNED
MILITARY
SURVIVAL COMPASS

WITH LEATHER FOB
&
MILITARY BUTTON

AND

AV-378. WWII
USN/USMC
NAF 1092
Leather Flight Helmet

AND

WWII  DISNEY DESIGNED
DONALD DUCK
BOMBER FLIGHT PATCH

AND

5 KELLOGG
1943
PIN BACK BUTTONS
FEATURING
WWII SQUADRONS

AND
WWII
HAT INSIGNIA

AND

US
Army Air Force
Patch

AND

493RD GROUP
BOMBER PATCH

AND

A FREE PROFESSIONAL ONLINE APPRAISAL
WITH
THE HISTORY OF THE ITEMS
AS TOLD HEREIN
FOR
INSURANCE & HISTORIC
PURPOSES

AND

THOUGH I AM INCLUDING A HOST OF WWII PHOTOS IN THIS OFFER
I AM INCLUDING THIS FRAMED SELECTION OF WWII PHOTOGRAPHERS
INCLUDING AND INCREDIBLE PICTURE OF 6 PHOTOGRAPHERS
ON ONE SEAPLANE TAKEN OFF TARAWA IN 1944

AND

Your Appraisal Shall Also Contain All The Information & History

YOU ALSO RECEIVE

FREE A ONE YEAR GSW LIMITED WARRANTY

FOR WATCH TIMER & COMPASS

115.00 INTERNATIONAL FEDEX SHIPPING

45.00  TWO DAY AIR INSURED SIGNATURE USA SHIPPING
 
CASE IS HINGED AT TOP AND LIFTS UP
FOR REMOVAL OF WATCHES AND COMPASS

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LISTEN-
THIS BABY WAS COMPLETELY
DISASSEMBLED AND OVERHAULED
 NEW MAIN SPRING

FIRST THE WATCH

THE DIAL
BLACK ORIGINAL FINISH DIAL
WHITE 1-12 ARABIC NUMERALS
WHITE SECONDS CHAPTER RING
MARKED WITH
WHITE ARABIC NUMERALS
EVERY 10 SECONDS

WITH
G-20 NATO STYLE
GREEN NYLON
MILITARY STRAP
WITH
BRUSHED STAINLESS KEEPERS

ORIGINAL 2 PIECE CASE DIAL & HANDS

STEEL SCREW BACK

TYPE A-11
SPEC NO.94-27834
SERIAL NO AF 42-25237
MFR'S ASS'Y PART NO.10616
ORD.NO.W-535 ac-28073
WALTHAM WATCH CO

SUPER CLEAN ORIGINAL DIAL

SERVICED
OVERHAULED

WALTHAM
PREMIER
U.S.A.
16 JEWELS
6/0 142
3 196 597


FEATURES
SWEEP SECONDS
HACKING

ELGIN "JITTERBUG"
10 SECOND
NAVIGATION TIMER

LISTEN-
THIS BABY WAS COMPLETELY
DISASSEMBLED AND OVERHAULED
 NEW MAIN SPRING

SIGNED CASE BACK

ELGIN
TYPE A-8
SPEC NO. 94-27749
SER NO. AF44-570
MFRS PART NO. 1778
ORD NO. WII-107AC-112 (45)

Grade 582 1/30-second timer used by the US Army-Airforce and known as Watch. Navigation (Ground Speed) Type A-8.

One of its most important uses of the A-8   was for navigation. Air speed indicators on WWII aircraft were controlled by air being forced into the air speed indicator as you flew your plane. The problem was that as you gained altitude less and less air entered the device and there was always a wind blowing and your speed relative to the ground is going to be either lower or higher depending on whether you are flying into the wind or with the wind.

To make corrections and get  your actual speed relative to the ground you needed to do some arithmetic. You had to figure your actual ground-speed and compare it to the airspeed indicator and then adjust your navigation calculations accordingly. The pilot or navigator would pick out, say, a pair of known parallel roads or other landmarks about 5 to 10 miles apart early in your flight and the measure the distance between them using the scale on a map, they would then click this 10 second timer on and then off as they   flew from one to the other. Some basic [for those that were trained] calculations and division and they had their actual ground speed.

A MUST TO ADD TO ANY
WWII
ARMY-AIR FORCE
MILITARY COLLECTION

THIS ELGIN 10 SECOND NAVIGATION TIMER
IS THE REAL DEAL
WITH 10 SECOND TIMER MARKERS
AND
5 MINUTE REGISTER
THE TIMER MUST REVOLVE
6 TIMES
TO REACH ONE MINUTE

WITH LEATHER FOB
AND
MILITARY BUTTON

CASE DIAL AND MOVEMENT
IN EXCELLENT
WORKING CONDITION

THIS ELGIN 10 SECOND NAVIGATIONAL TIMER
IS AN AWESOME TIME PIECE
AND
AN STUNNINGLY ENGINEERED

CASED AND TIMED
BY ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO
WATCH
STAR CASE
COMPANY
5089518

DOUBLE CASE COVER

TITLED "THE JITTERBUG"
DUE TO THE SMALL BALANCE THAT
ROTATES BACK AND FORTH
SO FAST IT SOUNDS LIKE A JITTERBUG

YOU CAN SEE HOW SMALL IT IS

42064281
ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO
U.S.A.
15 JEWELS

WWII U.S. WITTNAUER COMPASS

Wittnauer Compass was among the contents of the WWII U.S. Army Air Force pilot's emergency kit which fit into the back pad of a parachute. In addition to the compass, it contains, among other things, concentrated food, emergency ration, a frying pan, knife, lighter, pistol and ammunition, gloves, and insecticide in a compact form.

COMPASS WORKING
AND IN
EXCELLENT CONDITION

STAMPED U.S.

ATTACHED LEATHER FOB

CASE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

COMPASS WITH LEATHER FOB
AND
GOLD PLATED
WWII
MILITARY
UNIFORM BUTTON

WATCH
COMPASS
TIMER
CAN BE REMOVED AND WORN
AND
PLACED BACK IN CASE
TO DISPLAY
WHEN NOT IN USE

 1944
AV-378. WWII USN/USMC
NAF 1092 Leather Flight Helmet

WWII  DISNEY DESIGNED HAND PAINTED ON
CANVASS BOMBER FLIGHT PATCH

When Walt Disney was a young American ambulance driver in France during World War I, he was exposed to a new form art that would be titled "nose art". Nose Art was comic character painting on the cowls of military trucks and the sides of military airplanes. Nose Art had an immense morale boosting effect among the troops.

Disney returned to the United States in 1918 and became the premier cartoonist of the era.

In 1939, the a U.S. Naval unit made a request of Disney, they asked if he would draw up a mascot to paint on one of their new ships. Disney produced a "Bumble Bee in a Sailor's Hat, wearing Boxing Gloves". The Naval unit involved was so pleased with the design they adopted it the "Bumble Bee in a Sailor's Hat, wearing Boxing Gloves" as their unit insignia and began painting it on their jackets and other vehicles.

It was not long before the entire armed forces began requesting Disney creations for their mascot

With the help of six of his top artists, Disney attempted to fill the growing demand for unit mascots. The first two mascots produced by Disney in WWII went to the "Eagle Squadron" of the Royal Air Force, a unit of American volunteers flying for the British prior to American involvement in the war, and to the famed "Flying Tigers", another volunteer force operating out of China.

By the time of US involvement in WWII, while Disney and his staff were creating new designs, Warner Bros. joined in..

While Donald Duck was the most popular amongst Disney characters, Warner Brothers called up both Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny.

Besides the use of  then known popular cartoon characters, every creature that could come to mind was utilized including nearly 150 new dog and cat creations. Their creations swam, crawled, slithered, flew, and were featured just about in every conceivable fashion.

NOTE:
A) Mickey Mouse was a consensus objector because Disney did not want to establish Mickey with war
B)  The personal insignia of German Luftwaffe ace Adolf Galland was Mickey Mouse

With both Disney and Warner Brothers at the helm, nearly every unit  in the armed forces was sporting either a cartoon mascot or skulls, grim reapers, devils and other sinister mascots on  jackets, military equipment, uniforms, tanks,  planes, boats, jeeps, and even dinner plates & stationary were adorned with proud unit mascots.

By 1945 the Disney group & Warner Bros. had created over 1,800 Mascot Logos

Though some "field made" variants were created, most authentic squadron patches were embroidered on "Chenille", hand painted or decal on leather or hand painted/silk-screened on canvas.

8 WWII KELLOG SQUADRON PIN-BACK BUTTONS

In 1943, the Kellogg's Cereal company placed 36 small pin-back buttons each featuring a WWII squadron insignia in boxes of their Pep Cereal.

Introduced in 1923. Pep was a Kellogg Company brand of whole-wheat breakfast and long-running rival to Wheaties.

By the 1930's, Pep was one of the first "fortified" cereals with   vitamins. Extensive advertising, from print advertisements to sponsorship of Mutual Radio's Superman radio series helped keep the brand in the public's consciousness.

493RD Bomber Group Patch

During World War II, the 493RD group was a Eighth Air Force heavy bombardment unit in England, stationed at RAF Debach. The group flew its last combat mission, an attack on marshalling yards at Nauen, on 20 April 1945.

Established in September 1943 as a B-24 Liberator heavy bombardment group, the 493d was one of  the last – 488th through 494th -   Army Air Forces heavy bomber groups established and activated  in the autumn of 1943, the 493d Bomb Group was trained on heavy B-24s which included day and night flights, cross-country navigation, simulated bombing, aerial gunnery practice, and squadron and group formation flying before being  deployed to the European Theater of Operations (ETO) and being assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England and then  to RAF Debach, in April 1944.

The 493d BG used B-24's until they were replaced with B-17's in September 1944. The group operated chiefly against industrial and military installations in Germany, attacking an ordnance depot at Magdeburg, marshalling yards at Cologne, synthetic oil plants at Merseburg, a railroad tunnel at Ahrweiler, bridges at Irlich, factories at Frankfurt, and other strategic objectives including striking airfields, bridges, and gun batteries prior to and during the invasion of Normandy in June 1944; hitting enemy positions to assist ground forces south of Caen and at Saint-Lô in July 1944; bombing German fortifications to cover the airborne attack on Holland in September 1944; attacking enemy communications during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January 1945; and assisting the airborne assault across the Rhine in March 1945. The 493d Bomb Group flew its last combat mission, an attack on marshalling yards at Nauen, on 20 April 1945.

US Army Air Force Patch

Worn from:  19 March 1942 - Mid 1950's.

The ultramarine blue disk represents the sky.   The white star with red disk is the symbol of the army air forces and the golden wings up stretched form a "V" symbolized victory.

CAP BADGE

THANKS TO ONE OF OUR PATRONS WHO RECENTLY PASSED,
WHOSE DECEASED FATHER SERVED IN WWII AS A NAVY COMBAT
PHOTOGRAPHER AND KNEW A HOST OF OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS,
WE WERE GIVEN OVER 2000 WWII PHOTOS, WE ARE FREELY
OFFERING THE FOLLOWING HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
IMAGES AS A FREE ADDITION TO THIS HISTORICAL  COLLECTION.
WE ARE NOT RAISING THE PRICE OF OUR OFFER.

THESE ARE NOT PRINTER COPIES BUT ACTUAL PHOTOS THAT
WERE  DEVELOPED FROM ORIGINAL FILM ON SPECIAL FUJI
ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHY PAPER.

[IRONIC FOR JAPANESE RELATED PRINTS!] 

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THE PHOTO HOLDER WITH PHOTOS WILL BE PLACED ON THE BACK OF THIS
HISTORICAL WW II U.S. AVIATION MILITARYWATCHBOX

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PHOTOGRAPH OF A ONCE CLASSIFIED U.S. PLANNING MAP FOR ATTACKING JAPAN

THE LINES THAT YOU SEE ARE IN THE ACTUAL PHOTO

HEAVY BOMBER

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the then-United States Army Air Corps The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets, to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for Operation Overlord. The B-17 also participated to a lesser extent in the War in the Pacific where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping and airfields; it was a potent, high-flying, long-range bomber that was able to defend itself, and to return home despite extensive battle damage. It quickly took on mythic proportions,and widely circulated stories and photos of B-17s surviving battle damage increased its iconic status. The B-17 established itself as an effective weapons system, dropping more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II. Of the 1.5 million metric tons of bombs dropped on Germany by U.S. aircraft, 640,000 tons were dropped from the B-17.

THESE TBM-3E AVENGERS IN FORMATION WERE THE U.S. NAVY'S
LEADING DAY AND NIGHT TORPEDO BOMBER AND FLOW BY US
MARINES, NAVY AND ROYAL NAVIES OF THE ALLIES IN EVERY
THEATERS OF WWII AND EVERY SEA BATTLE BETWEEN JUNE OF
42 TO AUGUST OF 45. PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH FLEW ONE
AND WAS THE YOUNGEST (EVER) AVIATOR AT 2O YEARS OF AGE

WE SEARCHED FOR THIS WWII SOUTH PACIFIC SQUADRON PHOTOGRAPH
BUT COULD NOT DISCOVER THE UNIT. NOR CAN WE READ THE SIGN.

THIS WONDERFUL AIRCRAFT IN THIS COLOR PHOTO LOOKS TO BE A
CATALINA PBY-5A, ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY UTILIZED AIRCRAFT OF WWII

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THOUGH I AM INCLUDING A HOST OF WWII PHOTOS IN THIS OFFER
I AM INCLUDING THIS FRAMED SELECTION OF WWII PHOTOGRAPHERS
INCLUDING AND INCREDIBLE PICTURE OF 6 PHOTOGRAPHERS
ON ONE SEAPLANE TAKEN OFF TARAWA IN 1944

AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHER COLLAGE
THE MOST FASCINATING IS THE ARIEL
PHOTOGRAPHERS
THERE ARE 6 MEN TAKING PHOTOS ON A BIPLANE
LOOK AT THE RIGHT REAR DOOR
ONE SOLDIER IS HOLDING THE LEG OF S PHOTOGRAPHER
AS HE SWINGS TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE PLANE
TAKING PICTURES!

A BETTER SHOT

HERE IT IS AGAIN

 

BAM

 

THIS CAMERA IS A STANDARD TYPE

THIS IS ONE OF THE WIDE SHOT ARIEL CAMERAS

I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE THE WIDOWS HUSBAND WHOM WE PURCHASED THE NEGATIVES

IMAGINE SWINGING THIS CAMERA AROUND

THIS PHOTO IS FROM A SERIES THAT ACTUALLY HAD HAND WRITTEN TAGS




THIS DAD TOOK TAG WAS IN MANY OF THE PHOTOS

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CONDITION WATCH & COMPASS:
EXCELLENT  -  WORK EXCELLENT

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2738.00 PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE **APPRAISAL

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