Overall condition of the gun is very good
and the shell overall has a great used look that is impossible to duplicate
" Cigarettes became so integrated into life on the battlefield that these symbols of pleasure and comfort were also used as a form of currency
New Jersey on 17 April 43
They are listed as operating during the 1850s and 1860s
Original U.S. WWII 6th Armored Division Bronze Star Recipient Uniform, Coveralls & Ephemera Grouping - Staff Sergeant & Lieutenant William D. Murphy U.S. Uniforms Overall condition of the gunOriginal Items. One of a Kind Grouping. This is the outstanding uniform, medal, and ephemera grouping of Staff Sergeant and later Lieutenant William D. Murphy, who served with the HQ, 68th Armored Regiment, and HQ, 15th Tank Battalion, 6th Armored Division overseas in France. He fought in the Campaigns of Normandy, Northern France, and Germany. The grouping includes his original January 1945 Bronze Star citation, which reads: For meritorious service