Original Items: Only One Available. This is a great example of the eventual fate of many o the early wooden propellers used on Aircraft during WWI. This is a very attractive U.S. WWI Signal Corps Aviation Section jewelry or keepsake box, made from a hollowed-out section of propeller from near the hub. The laminated wood layers on the sides can still be seen on the sides, as well as from the inside. The top of the box has a mounted "Aviation Section, Signal Corps" insignia, with semaphore flags and a "wig-wag" torch, with wings on top.

The box measures approximately 7 1/4"L x 4 1/2"W x 2 1/2"H, with an interior depth of about 1 1/2". The bottom and top also look to be made from propeller wood, as they have oblique angled lamination joints. The bottom section is pinned directly into the propeller. The top has been carved to sit securely on the top of the box. 

A great and interesting early U.S. Aviation Section keepsake box from WWI, ready to sit on your desk and display!

The Aviation Section, Signal Corps, was the aerial warfare service of the United States from 1914 to 1918, and a direct statutory ancestor of the United States Air Force. It absorbed and replaced the Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps, and conducted the activities of Army aviation until its statutory responsibilities were suspended by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918. The Aviation Section organized the first squadrons of the aviation arm and conducted the first military operations by United States aviation on foreign soil. It was superseded by the United States Army Air Service during WWI.