Original U.S. WWII AAF 31st Fighter Group German Souvenir Bring-Back Grouping - German Pith Helmet, Tropical Afrikakorps DAK Web Belt, Artillery Shell & Field Gear - Lt. Nils Reinhold Hammarskjold Napoleonic the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon

the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon with two campaign stars

which also indicates his unit was in the 17

which would be used to secure it to the pole

The original carved ivory grip has some heavy cracking on one side as shown

prong bar and prongs are all intact

Original U.S. WWII AAF 31st Fighter Group German Souvenir Bring-Back Grouping - German Pith Helmet, Tropical Afrikakorps DAK Web Belt, Artillery Shell & Field Gear - Lt. Nils Reinhold Hammarskjold Napoleonic the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbonOriginal Items. One of a Kind Group. This is an exceptionally interesting WWII U. S. Army Air Forces send home souvenir grouping assembled and mailed home by Lieutenant Nils Reinhold Hammarskjold of Headquarters, 31st Fighter Group. Rather than being a collection of unrelated German equipment assembled later, the grouping remains together inside the American T17 wooden ammunition crate in which Hammarskjold sent the souvenirs home. The crate retains