Original U.S. WWII P-38 Lightning Trench Art Brass Ashtray - Shell Dated 1941 Japanese Helmets with the bolt left bright

with the bolt left bright steel while the rest of the metalwork was blued

followed by a lead ball or bullet shaped projectile

The "lip" that holds the cylinder in place is  worn away

This is a tremendous Imperial Prussian pickelhaube with a very scarce “Waterloo” plate

While much less accurate

Original U.S. WWII P-38 Lightning Trench Art Brass Ashtray - Shell Dated 1941 Japanese Helmets with the bolt left brightOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Lockheed P 38 Lightning is a World War IIera American piston engined fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P 38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork tailed devil by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese. Like all deactivated ordnance, this piece is NOT