Original Italian WWII "Red Devil" 45mm Brixia Model 35 Mortar Bomb Turned Sicily GI Souvenir Pepper Shaker - Dated 1942 - Inert Iraq Army Air Forces shoulder sleeve

Army Air Forces shoulder sleeve insignia

There is a small size label marked 6 7/8 on the interior

Up to 1972 the BGS was organized in eight units known as Grenzschutzgruppen (Border Guard Units) GSG-1 to GSG-8

1944 (May 4th 1944)

Original Italian WWII "Red Devil" 45mm Brixia Model 35 Mortar Bomb Turned Sicily GI Souvenir Pepper Shaker - Dated 1942 - Inert Iraq Army Air Forces shoulder sleeveThis is a lovely chromed example of an Italian WW2 "Red Devil" 45mm Brixia Mortar bomb offered in totally inert condition. This example was turned into GI art by a soldier who converted it to use as a pepper shaker, with Sicily engraved on the side. There are holes in the top for use as a pepper shaker, and it still unscrews with ease. Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell casings, and similar devices, which are cut or drilled in an BATF