Original U.S. WWII USMC VMB-443 Radio Gunner’s R-14 Headset with Mission “Chit” and Australian-Made HBT Cap with Old Museum Tag - Corporal Frederick E. Ronson French Awards Medals Badges Insignia or National Socialist Motor Corps

or National Socialist Motor Corps

This Model 1912 Bandolier with the proper “U” curved body has a full length web billet on one end and the proper frame friction buckle on the other

Spry (ASN: ) a staff officer in Headquarters

Gage’s DFC citation reads:

The barrel band U markings are mostly worn away

Original U.S. WWII USMC VMB-443 Radio Gunner’s R-14 Headset with Mission “Chit” and Australian-Made HBT Cap with Old Museum Tag - Corporal Frederick E. Ronson French Awards Medals Badges Insignia or National Socialist Motor CorpsOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is the outstanding headset and Australian made HBT cap of Corporal Frederick E. Ronson, who served as a Radio Gunner with VMB 443, Marine Bombing Squadron 443, during World War II. The most outstanding feature of this set is the leather covering on the headband, which Ronson used as a Mission Chit, denoting each mission he completed with an X, with a staggering 39 missions total, marked at the end with END OF WAR