Original British Napoleonic Officer Commission with Named Dirk of Lieutenant Thomas Paul Perkins MG 42 The ear flaps were also

The ear flaps were also secured in place on the lower edges by an elasticized strap that connected through the rear fiber neck guard to fasteners at the bottom of each ear flap

a design not seen since the Japanese Type II machine pistol

Standard infantry-pattern trigger guards were plain ovals

these are the original brown Leather Rifle Slings originally introduced at the end of the 19th century and issued up until the early years of WWII when they were superseded by webbing

Original British Napoleonic Officer Commission with Named Dirk of Lieutenant Thomas Paul Perkins MG 42 The ear flaps were alsoOriginal Items: One of a kind set. Genuine original naval commission of THOMAS PAUL PERKINS dated June 17th, 1797 signed by Admiral of the Blue JOHN JERVIS, later the famous Earl St. Vincent (1735 1823). The commission appoints Perkins to a Lieutenant aboard the HMS MELEAGER, which was a 32 gun frigate that Greaves and Nickolson built in 1785 at the Quarry House yard in Frindsbury, Kent, England. She served during the French Revolutionary Wars until