The top rear back portion of the liner still retains the original tag though it is difficult to read and only partially legible:
New Made Item: A quality reproduction of this extremely rare WWI era German chest and abdomen armor
As with some smaller tanto we have seen
such as the three branch "ball end" guard
Mad mostly of iron and steel
Original U.S. WWI USMC Croix de Guerre Certificate Named to Marine KIA at Soissons in Original Shipping Tube - Fred Byron Gruver - 2x Silver Star Recipient Blunderbuss The top rear back portionOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a gorgeous Croix de Guerre Certificate named to Private Fred B. Gruver, a Marine who was Missing in Action from July 18th, 1918 in Vierzy, France, and was never found. A Chauchat Gunner, Gruver was cited in the Marine Corps Muster Rolls for showing great coolness and bravery in the trenches in the Bois de Bellleau, June 13th and 14th, 1918. During enemy machine gun attacks, repairing broken Chauchat rifles and