Help with FA Reynolds Silver Trombone

[ahott1482]

Hello everyone. First time posting here and I'm hoping someone can lend some assistance. For about 20 years I've had in my possession a silver plated FA Reynolds Tenor Trombone. It's a beautiful horn and the serial number starts with 137XX. I believe this would date it somewhere in the early 1940's.

I'm hoping someone can lend their expertise and to tell me exactly what I have? Through the years internet searches haven't been very helpful. I'm unsure whether or not it's silver or nickel-plated, and I've read a few websites that might suggest that it was used by the US Air Force in WWII.

If anyone has any familiarity with vintage FA Reynolds trombones I would be much obliged.

Thank you!

[BGuttman]

Some pictures would help immensely.

Particularly any engraving on the bell, and bracework by the mouthpiece end of the slide.

[doctortrombone]

Check out Contempora Corner. A fantastic site with excellent information for identifying your horn. Some of the F A Reynolds horns had Sterling silver bells.

[ahott1482]

Attached are a few quick pictures I took. The "US" on the bell leads me to believe it is Military. Contempora Corner was very helpful and it does appear I have a US Military horn.