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WWII USAAF Type MB-1 Navigational Brief Case by Savoy Leather Mfg. Corp.

WWII USAAF Type MB-1 Navigational Brief Case by Savoy Leather Mfg. Corp.

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Description

This is an original WWII U.S. Army Air Force Type MB-1 Navigational Brief Case. It was manufactured by Savoy Leather Mfg. Corp. and its official nomenclature is the "NAVIGATIONAL BRIEF CASE -- TYPE MB-1, SPECIFICATION MIL-B-7977A, STOCK NO. 8460--298--7296, MANUFACTURER'S NO.: MB1 BRIEF CASE, CONTRACT NO. AF 33-(602) 7380". This would have originally held in its various internal compartments a series of tools, instruments, books and manuals issued to navigators aboard aircraft such as the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. 

Provenance

Personal Collection of Chelius Carter

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This case is well used; the leather straps are missing, and the stitching has failed in a few areas.

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