Preserver, Life, Type B-4, USAAF, 1943, with Dye Marker
€475.00
Tax included
Nice genuine WWII US Type B-4 Life Preserver — the legendary 'Mae West' — of the standard regulation type intended for Army Air Forces and Navy aircrews, also issued to airborne troops on the occasion of Operation Neptune.
Production markings are hardly legible; made in 1943 and inspected in 1945.
Complete and in excellent overall condition; retains all straps, rubber hoses and both emplacements for CO₂ cartridges, as well as its scarce sea-marker packet, introduced in August 1943; when dissolving in water, the yellow-orange powder (fluorescein dye) contained in the pouch would mark the area around personnel who had fallen into the sea.
Product Details
ANC69501-AM25
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