Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Matched Box French Holsters the regiment moved to bivouac's

the regiment moved to bivouac's near Futeau in the Argonne Forest

one of several Corps Colors (Waffenfarben) used by the NS-RKB

Clearly a souvenir that was quickly sliced from it's frame and crammed into a Back Pack by an invading German Soldier

the longest in US military history up to that point

Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Matched Box French Holsters the regiment moved to bivouac'sOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Type A 8 was a navigation stopwatch designed for timing ground speed meters for determining the velocity of aircraft relative to the ground. One revolution of the Type A 8 hand was equivalent to ten seconds. The dial was white on early Wittnauer Type A 8 watches and black on Elgin watches produced from 1940 onward. Elgin, Waltham, the Federal Television Corp. and Aristo Import Co. manufactured Type A 8