Original German WWII Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 19" x 19" Tail Fin Section - Shot Down Over Metz, France in 1944 - Me 109 U.S. Grenades but appears to have been

but appears to have been gutted for use with other equipment

Late in WW2 Japan was very short of raw materials and were producing numerous "last ditch" weapons and gear out of substandard supplies

The column had just been closed up and was proceeding west

This particular sword just came out of a very old Collection in England

with a ventilated barrel jacket with built in magazine loader in the magazine housing complete with wood butt stock assembly

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 19" x 19" Tail Fin Section - Shot Down Over Metz, France in 1944 - Me 109 U.S. Grenades but appears to have beenOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Here we have a fantastic piece of German WWII Luftwaffe history: an aluminum section of the rear horizontal stabilizer or tail fin of a Messerschmidt Bf 109. This was one of the two main fighters used by the Luftwaffe during WWII, the other being the Focke Wulf Fw 190. Material related to these two fighters has always been sought after and is highly collectible. The tail fin section measures approximately 19" x 19", and