Original U.S. WWII Airborne Parachute Pigeon Cage Drop Cage Basket with Manual Copy & Dummy Pigeons U.S. Militaria Once engaged

Once engaged

The brown leather blade washer is in place

and some curl to the butt stock

though at some point they were flipped around

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Parachute Pigeon Cage Drop Cage Basket with Manual Copy & Dummy Pigeons U.S. Militaria Once engagedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an original WWII Airborne Signal Corps drop cage which was designed to carry eight homing pigeons and is complete with the hanging suspension lines and hook. It also comes with a copy of the original FM 11 80 War Department Field Manual for a SIGNAL PIGEON COMPANY. It even has two very nice dummy pigeons, which really add to the displayability of this item! This specially designed cage allowed 8 birds to be