Original U.S. WWI 8’ 6” x 5’ 9” US Navy Flying Boat Wooden Propeller Trench Art - Curtiss Model H German Luger On 18 December

On 18 December

The Asano were the daimyo (feudal lords) of the Hiroshima Domain at the time that the han system was abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration in 1871

They signed tangs in several different ways

This helmet is heat-lot stamped 848A

All three original liner retaining pins are intact and have the original tan paint on the ends

Original U.S. WWI 8’ 6” x 5’ 9” US Navy Flying Boat Wooden Propeller Trench Art - Curtiss Model H German Luger On 18 DecemberOriginal Item: One Of A Kind. The Curtiss Model H was a family of classes of early long range flying boats, the first two of which were developed directly on commission in the United States in response to the 10,000 prize challenge issued in 1913 by the London newspaper, the Daily Mail, for the first non stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic. As the first aircraft having transatlantic range and cargo carrying capacity, it became the grandfather