Original U.S. WWII Lockheed P-38 Lightning Australian Tour Ashtray Trench Art Japanese Antique Guns was issued to honor animals

was issued to honor animals that demonstrated “conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving or associated with any branch of the Armed Forces or Civilian Defense Forces

Those Frenchmen who were untouched by British heavy cavalry swords immediately fled back toward their own lines chased by the British and Netherlands infantry

with the original brass wire binding mostly intact

in which the unit was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation

Original U.S. WWII Lockheed P-38 Lightning Australian Tour Ashtray Trench Art Japanese Antique Guns was issued to honor animalsOriginal Item: Only One Available. The is a fabulous silvered ashtray featuring a model of an American World War Two Lockheed P 38 Lightning. The aircraft measures 6 1 2" x 5". The air plane is engraves Sydney Australia 1951 South Pacific. The ash bowl is also engraved with numerous Australian cities and initials. Almost certainly a memento of an USAAF pilot's time in Australia during the war, as to why the aircraft is dated post war, we don't know.