Original U.S. WWII Named Scrapbook and Photo Album With Over 300 Photos and Documents - 1st Sgt Carl Flieshman 716th Railway Battalion Martini-Henry Parts The stampings are as follows:

The stampings are as follows:

and it is dated on the blade's spine 17 under a proof mark of a Crown over W

carry sling secured through  iron loops

If it had been 3-pointed with a full load it would have broken in half at the cargo door

It measures 34 inches in overall length and is 3 inches wide

Original U.S. WWII Named Scrapbook and Photo Album With Over 300 Photos and Documents - 1st Sgt Carl Flieshman 716th Railway Battalion Martini-Henry Parts The stampings are as follows:Original Items: One Of A Kind. The mission of a railway operating battalion was to manage and maintain a designated section of a military railway in a theater of operations. Unlike civilian railroads, however, the battalions also had to be prepared to destroy the line it operated. In general, a railway operating battalion could maintain and operate between ninety and 150 miles of single track railroad, although its actual area of responsibility in