Original U.S. WWII USMC VMB-443 Radio Gunner’s R-14 Headset with Mission “Chit” and Australian-Made HBT Cap with Old Museum Tag - Corporal Frederick E. Ronson French Awards Medals Badges Insignia This Model 1912 Bandolier with

This Model 1912 Bandolier with the proper “U” curved body has a full length web billet on one end and the proper frame friction buckle on the other

as well as on the feed block

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Original U.S. WWII USMC VMB-443 Radio Gunner’s R-14 Headset with Mission “Chit” and Australian-Made HBT Cap with Old Museum Tag - Corporal Frederick E. Ronson French Awards Medals Badges Insignia This Model 1912 Bandolier withOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is the outstanding headset and Australian made HBT cap of Corporal Frederick E. Ronson, who served as a Radio Gunner with VMB 443, Marine Bombing Squadron 443, during World War II. The most outstanding feature of this set is the leather covering on the headband, which Ronson used as a Mission Chit, denoting each mission he completed with an X, with a staggering 39 missions total, marked at the end with END OF WAR