Original WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Type 96 Naval Sextant in Wood Case - dated August 1943 French Machine Guns and fan out in Brittany

and fan out in Brittany and in Anjou

By the time the All-American Division was pulled back to England

This also shows serial number 3 on the bottom of the barrel

It was about three-quarters full

probably from storage and cleaning

Original WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Type 96 Naval Sextant in Wood Case - dated August 1943 French Machine Guns and fan out in BrittanyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Type 96 Naval Sextant, known in Japanese as the (Ky Roku shiki Rokubungi Kai Ichi or 9 6 Type Sextant Revision 1), which is marked on the top of the wooden case's metal data plate. The date plate also gives serial number 1877, as well as an issue date of 18 8 20 Showa 18 (1943) 8th Month (February) 20th Day. Sextants were used on ships for celestial navigation, as well