Original U.S. WWII FULLY FUNCTIONAL 1944 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Box - Named to T/5 Gustave Sidabras Price_$-00 - $30 and the École Militaire Interarmes

and the École Militaire Interarmes (EMIA)

272 who were in the reserves prior to the war

Despite having a layer of rust here and there on the handle and scabbard

and still have most of the original paint still present

Original U.S. WWII FULLY FUNCTIONAL 1944 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Box - Named to T/5 Gustave Sidabras Price_$-00 - $30 and the École Militaire InterarmesOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Type A 8 was a navigation stopwatch designed for timing ground speed meters for determining the velocity of aircraft relative to the ground. One revolution of the Type A 8 hand was equivalent to ten seconds. The dial was white on early Wittnauer Type A 8 watches and black on Elgin watches produced from 1940 onward. Elgin, Waltham, the Federal Television Corp. and Aristo Import Co. manufactured Type A 8