Dan Joyce

I thought an image of the inside of the cover might also be of interest. Dan

I failed to mention that the cover does not have any manufactures or part number marks. Dan

Hi: I'm retired from the US Air Force and reside in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. During my life time, I've lived overseas (to me) at Wiesbaden, Germany; RAF Lakenheath, England; Osan, South Korea; and Okinawa, Japan - all for a year or more. Thank you. Dan

I sent an email to the US Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis and the Curator, Mr.Marc Sammis identifed the differential cover belonging to a 1920's Rickenbacker Automobile. Seems after WWI, Eddie Rickenbacker started several business. Rickenbacker Automobiles produced very innovative cars in the early/mids 1920s before the business failed. I found a website devoted to Rickenbacker Automobiles and the site had several images of a similar cover during the restoration process. Many thanks to everyone who read the post and pondered the identification of the cover. Take Care. Dan Hi: I'm new to this site and joined to try and get this item identified. It looks like a differential cover to me. The cover is steel, approx 11.5 inches in diameter, and approx. 3 3/4 inches deep. I bought this at an estate sale for Charlie Macgill who was a highly decorated WWII bomber pilot who collected aviation memrobilia. The emblem on the cover looks similar to the modern squadron emblem for the 94th Fighter Squadron - one of the oldest US Air Force Fighter Squadrons. The emblem might be an earlier version of the emblem, before the current emblem was approved after the Air Force established it's Heraldry Office. During my Air Force career, I worked as a Field Historian and later in Aircraft Maintenance. Anyone have any ideas what I brought home? Thank you. Dan