Original Japanese WWII Naval Aviation Type 99 Small Aerial Camera by Konishiroku of Tokyo in Case - Serial 863 U.S. Navy and then was involved in

and then was involved in the Capture of Jerusalem in December of 1917

The left side shows much less oxidation

The helmet retains the original olive green paint and has the original RF (République Française) "Flaming Bomb" cross cannons marked Artillery badge attached to the front

but after the start of WWII and the defeat of France

as sometimes there were no decals available

Original Japanese WWII Naval Aviation Type 99 Small Aerial Camera by Konishiroku of Tokyo in Case - Serial 863 U.S. Navy and then was involved inOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Type 99 Handheld Aerial Camera (15cm) () was produced for the Japanese Navy by Rokuoh sha (and later Konishiroku) and by Fuji Shashin Film. As was usual practice with the Japanese military ordnance of the time, the name "type 99" stands for year 2599 in the Japanese imperial calendar, i. e. 1939. A recent Japanese source says that the introduction of the camera was plagued with reliability problems, and it only