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Uniform, WWI

Date1910- 1925

MediumWool, Brass

ClassificationsClothing -- Outerwear

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Uniform

Catalog number75.106

DescriptionMen's wool ~WWI (The Great War) Uniform; includes dark green wool trousers (or "breeches), olive drab green uniform coat, waist belt for trousers, leg wraps, and dark green wool hat (so-called overseas hat).

Uniform coat has four patch-pockets on the front and is made of heavy olive-drab wool. Coat has a patch for the U.S. Army's 27th Infantry Division (or I.D.) on the wearer's upper left sleeve, and an insignia disk on the wearer's left collar designates the 108th Infantry Regiment (which was attached to the 27th I.D.). On the sleeve below the 27th I.D. patch is a red inverted chevron indicating the soldier's honorable discharge status at the end of World War I. Near the end of that sleeve is another chevron (with the point down) which is made of gold bullion and indicates a minimum of 6 months service during the war. On the wearer's right side collar is a disk with "U.S." and near the shoulder of the sleeve on the same side are two inverted kacki chevrons that indicate that the soldier is a corporal.

Additional note - the olive drab color of the coat is the typical shade worn by service members of the U.S. Army during the war (and is correct for the 27th I.D./108th Infantry Regiment). The trousers, leg wraps, and hat appear to be dark green in color, and this shade is much more typical of service member of the U.S. Marine Corps during the same war - this may indicate that the coat does not go to the same uniform as the trousers, leg wraps, and hat. The belt is a type worn by soldiers, marines, and other branches of the U.S. Military during this period.

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