Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Forces B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin Spanish Flags was an elite American-Canadian commando

was an elite American-Canadian commando unit in World War II

nor even seen

purple silk

and all of the mid war pattern steel rivets and snaps are sound

hence the nicknames "Toffee Apple" and "Plum Pudding"

Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Forces B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin Spanish Flags was an elite American-Canadian commandoOriginal 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