Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces China-Burma-India Theater Leather Blood Chit - Tearing Russian Maxim 1910 There is a photograph of

There is a photograph of him with a tobacco pipe in his mouth

It was an Empire built originally largely upon trade rather than military conquest

It looks like it was painted white

Fascinating but  probably essential equipment given circumstances

Designed in June 1917

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces China-Burma-India Theater Leather Blood Chit - Tearing Russian Maxim 1910 There is a photograph ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very worn original leather blood chit. It bears a World War Two Chinese National Flag with Chinese Characters at the bottom painted. Every aspect of this chit is constructed out of separate pieces of leather except for the handwriting. There is tearing on the left side of the bottom piece, and heavy rubbing of the leather to the right side of the flag. The stitching in the center is partially gone on the