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FIELD MORTAR DESK MODEL

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:70.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 USD
FIELD MORTAR DESK MODEL
FIELD MORTAR DESK MODEL
Excellent manufacturer's desk model of a U.S. 4.2 inch (107 mm) mortar used during the World War II. It entered service in 1943 and was nicknamed the "Goon Gun"or the "Four-Deuce". The cast metal model is set on a 7" x 3" wood base with a brass plate reading: "4.2 CHEMICAL MORTAR MANUFACTURED BY THE BELL MACHINE COMPANY OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN". The side of the base also has a plate presenting the model to a lieutenant colonel. Very good. Exhibition History: U.S. Naval War College Museum "Trench Art" & Naval Scrimshaw", 1990; Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum, 1995-2007. Provenance: The War Museum, New York.