Original U.S. Vietnam War Presentation Montagnard Crossbow with Quiver & Bolts to Captain James F. Russell, U.S. Army Advisor Water Jacket Assembly who was killed in the

who was killed in the assault upon Chapultepec Castle

This set is called a Hauptbesteck 1939 (Main Cutlery 1939)

with a bit of light oxidations in places

the 24th joined the "Punitive Expedition" under General Pershing and entered Mexico to fight Pancho Villa's forces

During the pre-war period from 1925 to 1935 all years of manufacture were to be coded as well

Original U.S. Vietnam War Presentation Montagnard Crossbow with Quiver & Bolts to Captain James F. Russell, U.S. Army Advisor Water Jacket Assembly who was killed in theOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a lovely Montagnard crossbow souvenir presented to (then) Captain James F. Russell, a U. S. Army Advisor in Vietnam from September 1964 1965. Russell served two tours of duty in Vietnam, the first as an adviser from 1964 to 1965, and the second from 1970 to 1972. During his second tour, he commanded a U. S. military police battalion in Saigon. The bow measures 21 inches and the body measures 12 1 2 inches, makes a