Original U.S. WWII Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) Rigid Leather Scabbard by BOYT - dated 1943 Japanese Navy According to the 2002 edition

According to the 2002 edition of the Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II the PPSh was still in use with irregular military forces

In 1810 the NASSAU was converted to a Prison Ship under the command of Lieutenant William Field

which operated in the late 1860s

In the Battle of Britain in 1940

They are A (CROWN) M marked for the British Air Ministry

Original U.S. WWII Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) Rigid Leather Scabbard by BOYT - dated 1943 Japanese Navy According to the 2002 editionOriginal Item: Only one available. Dated 1943, this is a very rare original BAR WWII item: a top quality Leather hard case expressly constructed for the legendary Browning Automatic Rifle, complete with steel strengtheners and belt hinged end cover. The scabbard is marked under the end cover: D 6065 BOYT 43 All of the examples we have seen were made by the same company, Boyt Harness Company of Des Moines, Iowa. They were a major military contractor