Original U.S. WWII Air Force 58th Wing 509th Bomb Group Bikini Atoll Atomic Tests Silk Patch Martini-Henry Parts Rivesville

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The fur on the cowhide is still almost completely intact

Although considered a chin strap

and collapses to just 11 inches overall closed

this rifle retains the original lightened butt stock

Original U.S. WWII Air Force 58th Wing 509th Bomb Group Bikini Atoll Atomic Tests Silk Patch Martini-Henry Parts RivesvilleOriginal Item: This is an ultra rare, theater made, silk patch for the United States Army Air Forces 58th Wing, 509th Bomb Group. Successor of the famous 509th Composite Group which dropped the two atomic bombs on Japan, the 509th Bomb Group carried out the "Operation Crossroads" atomic test at the Bikini Atoll. The patch has a mushroom cloud at its center. Approximately 3" diameter. Constructed of silk. The 509th Composite Group (509 CG) was a unit