United Kingdom. The Brown Bess: An Identification Guide And Illustrated Study Of Britain's Most Famous Musket, Signed Edition Auction - 19" with the notation

- 19" with the notation "kdF Volksfestwoche Gau Berlin Pfaueninsel" (KDF Carnival Week Berlin Gau Peacock Island) below on the reverse

He was with the Hitler Youth (October 1933 - November 1934) before he applied to join the SS in November 1934

he was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and was named to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

while still serving in the 153rd Bomber Squadron

with some traces of the manufacturer’s stamp still remaining

United Kingdom. The Brown Bess: An Identification Guide And Illustrated Study Of Britain's Most Famous Musket, Signed Edition Auction - 19" with the notationSoftcover, the front and back cover with photographs, entitled "The Brown Bess: An Identification Guide and Illustrated Study of Britain's Most Famous Musket", by Erik Goldstein, Curator of Mechanical Arts and Numismatics at Colonial Williamsburg & Stuart Mowbray, Editor of "Man at Arms for the Gun and Sword Collector" magazine, published by Andrew Mowbray Publishing Inc. of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, printed in China, ISBN 1 931464 44 8. Reference