Original U.S. WWII M1926 D-Day Inflatable Flotation Belt Life Preserver by General Tire & Rubber Co. - Dated January 1944 NATION and they are definitely hard

and they are definitely hard to come by

but overall this is in great shape for a frontier used black powder revolver

Nobuiti Fukui of the Military Police

and has lost most of the original finish

As seen on all battlefields - and used by the Army and the Marine Corps - the "walkie talkie" is everyplace a ground pounder had to go

Original U.S. WWII M1926 D-Day Inflatable Flotation Belt Life Preserver by General Tire & Rubber Co. - Dated January 1944 NATION and they are definitely hardOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M1926 inflatable flotation belt was used as a life preserver by assault troops during amphibious actions and beach landings. The belt was inflated by squeezing two switches located inside the belt, which activated two CO2 bottles. If the CO2 bottles failed, the belt could still be inflated by blowing into the rubber tubes, which have valves on the ends. This type of belt is particularly known for use during the D