WWII GUNNERY BOOKLET/"KEEP 'EM WORKING" POSTER.
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Winning Bid:
$193.42 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
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Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #197 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 991 in auction 197
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Item Description
Lot of two. First is 7.25x9.5". Eight pages. Stiff paper. Issued by "Training Division, Bureau Of Aeronautics/United States Navy 1943." Cartoon illustrations of military gunner stressing "Safety Precautions For Fixed Gunnery." Last page reads "Learn All You Can About How Your Guns Operate So That You Will Understand What Really Goes On When You Comply With The Check Off List. Remember - Play Safe - Don't Kill Your Friends." Back cover with hideous caricature. Text below reads "The Japanese Give Medals To People For Killing Americans/Don't Let Them Pin One On You!" Holed at margin, possibly as issued. Lt. surface dust. Bold anti-Axis graphics. VF. Second is 10.25x13.5" poster. Issued by "Henry Disston & Sons." Major tool maker specializing in files. Graphic illustration of Hitler with neck in vice as a factory worker prepares to "Erase That Face" using a file. Centerfold, likely as issued. Scattered wear/pencil notations. Still displays Fine.
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