Original U.S. Vietnam War Wooden Helicopter Carving Presented to Captain Stanley S. Kraus by the People of Vinh Long, Vietnam in 1965 - Broken Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly issued to Artillerie Feuerwerker (artillery

issued to Artillerie Feuerwerker (artillery ordnance technician) Willi Doll

as well as a larger oval cartouche that we do not recognize

with a size 56 size label inserted

Army Captain and Green Beret Steven M

Below is an excerpt from American POWS in WWII website located at this link

Original U.S. Vietnam War Wooden Helicopter Carving Presented to Captain Stanley S. Kraus by the People of Vinh Long, Vietnam in 1965 - Broken Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly issued to Artillerie Feuerwerker (artilleryOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a really tremendous souvenir piece, a wood carved helicopter presented to Captain Stanley S. Kraus by the people of Vinh Long, Vietnam in Grateful Appreciation in July 1965. In our research we found that Kraus had a long history in the U. S. Army, being stationed in Germany prior to the Vietnam War. Within his first year, he was awarded the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters. When he returned home in 1967, he