Original U.S. Navy 1920s USS Arizona Sailor’s Flat Cap with Tally and Correspondence Archive Grouping One-of-a-Kind for William Birkell

for William Birkell

title of “division fire-brigade” as if they put out the raging conflagrations of battle

The "Naval Engagement" scene on the cylinder is still mostly present

not young enough

Original U.S. Navy 1920s USS Arizona Sailor’s Flat Cap with Tally and Correspondence Archive Grouping One-of-a-Kind for William BirkellOriginal Items: One of a Kind. Grouping attributed to Kern Merrill, a sailor who served aboard the U. S. S. Arizona in the mid 1920s. The grouping includes a thirty six pieces of correspondence (thirty five letters and one Western Union Telegram), along with a WWI 1920s era U. S. Navy Issue Sailors Flat Cap with an original U. S. S. ARIZONA tally originally fitted. The correspondence consists mostly of letters penned by Merrill sent to his mother.