The Army Air Corps drawings have a checklist holder with the number of 39D3922. The first two digits are the year that the drawing was made namely 1939. Four years after the crash of the model 299. The letter D is the drawing size and the last four are the specific drawing presumably done in sequence.
The holder is made from two acetate sheets with a spacer on the edge made from the same material and it was riveted together. This holder was protection for the various checklists that were slipped inside and held in place with a web strap. This strap would snap onto a post that was mounted in the cockpit of the aircraft near the pilot or crew member. I have seen these posts or studs in most all ex military aircraft. They were also used well after WWII.
Here is a photo of some of the NOS holders I have showing the Air Corps drawing number:
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