WWIIDADS Posted November 17, 2017 Share #1 Posted November 17, 2017 Hey all. A rather notorious OSS and later Mercenary Soldier the late Mitchell Livingston Wer Bell III, used to live about a minute from my home. He also invented the silencer for the MAC-10 in 1967. His widow passed in 2015 and they held a tag sale at the property. Pictured is what was placed up for sale that day. Nothing OSS, but still a few little trinkets. The garrison cap insignia is off the cap, a bit soiled, but real. The CBI patch was once on his uniform. The Bronze Star is slot brooch and Not engraved. His 1950's cartridge box has his initials embossed, and loaded with H&H SuperX 375 MAG shells. I asked the caretakers what animals he hunted with these. He said " Mitch didn't hunt animals"! and he winked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agate hunter Posted November 17, 2017 Share #2 Posted November 17, 2017 Neat items! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USARV72 Posted November 17, 2017 Share #3 Posted November 17, 2017 What cartridge box????? Leather box shown is a BAR spare parts box. Cartridge boxes went out around the turn of the century. Cartridge belts were next. Nice stuff regardless and neat history. To bad no MAC stuff in the estate. Nice sub guns, missunderstood and underated by many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWIIDADS Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted November 17, 2017 USARV72, the private purchase MLW initialed embossed leather cartridge box in upper left is loaded with the 375 Mag shells mentioned!! The lower right leather BAR box is stamped Jewell 1918.Mitch's two prototype MAC 10's with surpressors were sold in 2010 by the local police Dept for $10,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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