WWI Uniforms and
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U-2172 WW1 75TH Aero Squadron tunic, trousers,
overseas cap and super rare painted helmet. Helmet lacks
lower chin strap, otherwise very nice. Great shoulder patch.
Rare Aero set. $750ON HOLD |
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U-2171 Fabulous 12TH Field Artillery, 2ND Division AEF
set. Includes, great patched tunic with Coblenz, Germany,
painted Indian. Helmet is plain and has a very tired liner/
chinstrap. Gas Mask bag is empty. The collector who
originally found it receirved the name and did quite a bit
of research. Some moth bites to the tunic as shown. $695ON
HOLD
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U-2170 Fantastic named enlisted Balloon Corps tunic,
with Staff Sgt rank. French private purchase wing for a
Balloon Observer. Not sure if it was earned or self awarded.
$895ON HOLD |
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U-2169 Very scarce enlisted Mans' Pilots tunic with
breast wing, Staff Sgt of Aero Squadron, $ Bladed
propeller. The wearer added mini sterling wings on th
ecollars. $795ON HOLD |
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U-2168 Wonderful French made Pilots tunic. Bullion
French made wings and collar insignia. 3RD Army Air
Service double patch combination with trousers. I wish
this one was named. $1395 |
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U-2167 Very nice 23RD Infantry, Supply Co., 2ND
Division, AEF tunic. Very nice overall. $425 |
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U-2166 4TH Heavy Ordinance Repair Shop tunic,
trousers and oversaea cap. Nice overall. $250ON
HOLD |
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U-2165 Nice 23RD Aero Squadron tunic with numbered
unit/ mechanics patch on one side and the flying arrow patch
on the other. $495ON HOLD |
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U-2164 Quality 3RD Air Park tunic with Liberty Loan
SSI. Sun fading to reverse as shown. Some small moth nips,
small tracking and holes. $220 |
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U-2163 AMAZING 3RD Regt, Air Service Mechanics uniform
with incredible shoulder patch. $435ON
HOLD |
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U-2162Wonderful 36TH Division tunic and trousers. Very nice.
$240 |
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U-2161 Fantastic identified 2ND Division Artillery
grouping consisting of tunic, trousers, overseas cap,
numbered collar brass. Great Coblenz made patch. $725
$SOLD$ |
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U-2160 Fantastic WW1 5TH Marine Brigade tunic with a
great set of matching collar discs. Well marked, good
condition. $975 |
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U-2159 Fantastic 2ND Division HQ, Military Police
Tunic. Nice numbered brass, sleeve brassard, shoulder cord
and whistle. Classic Liberty Loan 2ND Division SSI. $495$SOLD$ |
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U-2158 Very nice 23RD Infantry, 3RD Battalion, 2ND Division
AEF tunic with numbered collar brass. $450 $SOLD$ |
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U-2157 Rare US Army Ambulance Service, Italy tunic.
Wondeful and rare "AAS" shoulder patch. Some scattered moth
bites as shown. $835ON
HOLD |
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U-2156 Nice 82ND Division set. Tunic, trousers,
overseas cap with canvas leggings. Trousers have some damage
as shown. Nice tunic. $295$SOLD$ |
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U-2155 Rare, named 34TH Engineers tunic. $255
$SOLD$ |
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U-2154 Scarce Ordinance Repair Shop uniform with
Master Ordinance rank. $260$SOLD$ |
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U-2153 Tunic and trousers for a member of the Supply
Company of the 17TH Field Artillery, 2ND Division. Patch is
a machine made 1920s SSI, a common Veteran replacement for
some of the crude wartime shoulde patches. $375 |
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U-2152 1ST Army/ 41ST Division double patched tunic.
Good condition overall. Overseas and HD stripe are pinned
on. $240 |
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U-2151 Scarce 2ND Air Park Sergeant's tunic.
$365 |
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U-2150 Scarce British style, French made WW1 Officers
tunic as favored by Air Corps Officers. Very nice overall.
$375 |
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U-2149 Good set of WW1 trousers. $75 |
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U-2147 Good set of WW1 trousers. $75 |
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U-2146 Good set of WW1 trousers. $75 |
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U-2144 Very rare tunic, gas mask and pass for an
African American who served in France with Company B, 522ND
Engineers. We bought this as a standard 2ND Army Engineer
set. No one had researched the set before. We were quite
surprised at what we found. $650 |
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U-2142 WW1 private purchase enlisted man's tunic. Very
nice condition overall. $100 |
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U-2141 WW1 Marine Corps Summer weight cotton
blouse. Exc condition. Named on the interior. $195 |
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U-2139 Scarce WW1 13TH Engineers tunic. Wonderful condition
overall. $215 |
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U-2138 Very nice 14TH Railway Engineers tunic with
Victory Medal and City Medal from McDonald, Pennsylvania.
Very nice overall. $235
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U-2137 WW1 Railhead/ Regulating Station Uniform with draft
cards. Very good overall. $190 |
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U-2136 Scarce Wool Mackinaw with wool waist
belt. Exc condition overall. $375 |
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U-2135 First Army Signal's uniform. Scarce version of
the shoulder patch. $175 |
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U-2134 85TH Division medical Corporal's tunic. Hand
embroidered caduceus.$195 |
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U-2133 Rare American Red Cross Grouping.
Includes headgear, photos, paperwork, Manuals and guides.
Very unusual caps. The English made one is in rough
condition with an odd rank insignia. Diary is a short note
form. Unusual group that will make a nice display. $395
$SOLD$
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U-2128 Amazing early Naval Aviators career
grouping covering his days at Annapolis, graduating in 1917
through the early 1930s. Some amazing material. His original
1917 Navy uniforms with rank increased with promotions, bear
skin flight suit, Large bearskin flying jacket with fur cap.
His named sword is present with belt , knot and gloves.
There is a great 1920s shot of his Naval Aviation unit and a
panoramic of the USS Akron from 1932. He went on to fight on
numerous ships as outlined below, receiving the Silver Star
for Valor as a ship Captain. Full history is listed below.
Everything is in very good condition except the Annapolis
Yearbooks which have some spine damage. The unit photo all
has some damage and will need to be mounted.. A RARE opportunity
to purchase an early Naval Aviators Grouping with amazing
history. $3495
John J, Ballentine (1896 -1970). Graduated United
States Naval Academy, Class of 1917. After graduating
he served during WWI on the U.S.S. Nebraska, and a
few years later was aboard the U.S.S. Arizona in
1920. Later that year Ballentine reported for flight
training at Pensacola Naval Air Station, with additional
training with U.S. Army Air Corps, Carlstrom Field, Arcadia,
Florida, and in pursuit plane training at Kelly Field, San
Antonio, Texas.
May of 1921, he reported to the Atlantic Fleet, Torpedo
Plane Division, for duty with the first torpedo plane
squadron in the fleet. In June of 1922, he was Officer
In Charge, Naval Air Detail, Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren,
Va, where he served until February 1926. During that time,
he worked with Carl Norden, a Navy consultant, who designed
his first bombsight in 1922, and then Lieutenant Ballentine
put it through its original tests, and later tested the
first production model; he also controlled from the ground,
the first airplane operated under radio control.
In the late 1920's, Ballentine assumed command of
Observation Squadron 11, serving in the Asiatic and made to
special trips to Tokyo, Japan to make official inspection of
Japanese naval aviation and aircraft manufacturing
facilities.
During the early years of WWII, he was the executive
officer of the U.S.S. Ranger in 1941, and later that year
assumed command of the U.S.S. Long Island, a converted
merchant ship with a flat top only. On January 2, 1943
he reported to the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy,
Massachusetts, to fit out the U.S.S. Bunker Hill,
which he commanded from her commissioning from May 25, 1943
to February 5, 1944. He was awarded the Silver Star Medal
for "conspicuous gallantry in intrepidity in action against
enemy Japanese forces during the assaults on Rabaul Harbor
and the invasion and occupation of the Gilbert Islands in
November 1943.
In February 1944, he was promoted to Rear Admiral, and
reported for duty as Deputy and Chief of Staff and Aide to
the Commander, Aircraft, Pacific Fleet, at Pearl Harbor
until October 1944. After a brief duty as commander of
Carrier Division 7, under Admiral Halsey's 3rd Fleet, from
June until August 1945, with his flag in the U.S.S. Bon
Homme Richard. On August 15, planes from his division
in the 3rd Fleet were launched against Japan, not knowing at
the time that two atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan.
Admiral Halsey sent out instruction to recall all aircraft
from the attack on the Japanese homeland. In his
message, he said that all pilots will not shoot down any
enemy aircraft with vindictiveness but to shoot them down in
a "Friendly" manor (at this point the order related to
Kamikazes apparently unaware of the surrender talks then
beginning between the Allies and Japan. The Bon Homme
Richard dealt with 70 some Kamikazes that day.
Halsey ordered all ships in the fleet, to raise their battle
flags, and for all officers to send up their own flags.
Ballentine said in his diary, it was the first time he had
flown his flag in action, Shortly after, he was
reassigned as Fleet Liaison Officer for the Commander in
Chief, and Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces, Pacific.
Ballentine had the honor of landing at Atsugi Airport on
August 30, 1945, in the airborne occupation of Japan and of
escorting General of the Armies, Douglas MacArthur to the
surrender ceremonies aboard the U.S.S. Missouri on
September 2, 1945.
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U-2127 Rare Public Health Service uniform belonging to
a direct descendant of President Abraham Lincoln! Includes
visor cap with its distinctive PHS badge, uniform with the
PHS insignia on buttons and collar brass. Very nice overall.
Seldom seen. $995
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U-2126 7TH Division Mechanics tunic with trousers.
$140 |
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U-2123 Advanced Sector Service of Supply tunic.
Medical Sgt. Nice condition overall. $120 |
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U-2120 Wonderful 7TH Division tunic with 3RD Army
center patch. Very good condition. $150 |
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U-2117 Very nice 85TH Division tunic with PFC of
Infantry. Named on the interior. $150 |
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U-2104 Very rare Civilian Employee grouping which
includes paperwork and a small photo album. He worked for
James Stewart and Co. under contract. They were required to
wear uniforms when not working. I believe he was a
machinist. Some splitting to pocket bottoms, otherwise very
nice. VERY rare shoulder sleeve insignia. Only the second
such grouping I have ever seen. $650$SOLD$
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U-2103 Very nice overcoat from a member of the
Artillery Brigade of the 76TH Division. $125 |
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U-2100 Scarce 5TH Corps, Infantry, tunic. Very nice
overall. $140$SOLD$ |
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U-2098 WW1 Ambulance Service tunic with bullion patch.
Very nice overall. $375 |
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U-2097 4TH Division set, trousers and tunic. Named on
the interior in 2 places. An area of paint rub on the back.
$180ON HOLD |
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U-2089 Very nice custom made 85TH Division Corporal's
tunic. $175 |
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U-2087
Scarce French made American Pilots tunic with research.
Bullion rank insignia, French tailor's label. The wings were
apparently upgraded by the wearer in the early 1920s. $650
$SOLD$ |
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U-2083 Very nice 41ST Division tunic. Exc condition
overall. $165 |
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U-2082 88TH Division tunic. Very nice condition
overall. A couple of scattered moth bites as shown. $150 |
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U-2081 Wonderful 40TH Division tunic with numbered
collar brass. Wonderful velvet patch. $225 |
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U-2080 83RD Division Observers tunic with bullion
wings. Shoulder patch has abrasion to embroidery. Buttons
have been upgraded for post 1922 wear. Many Veterans did
this for parade use. $695 |
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U-2076 Very nice 3RD Division tunic. British made
contract tunic for the US army. Numbered collar brass, 4TH
Infantry Regiment. $265 |
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U-2070 4TH Division QMC tunic. Fantastic embroidered
patch. $225 |
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U-2065 Very nice 13TH Engineers tunic. Very nice
condition overall. $195 |
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U-2064 13TH Division uniform with 1ST Infantry
Regiment collar brass. Includes his trousers. (not shown).
$245
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U-2061 Scarce WW1 Army Service Corps tunic with Mechanics
PFC rank. Very nice. $195 |
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U-2060 WW1 7TH Division Trench Mortar uniform
Grouping. Includes tunic with nice hand made insignia.
Overcoat has a similar SSI , and with the PFC of Artillery
rank insignia. Trousers have a few scattered moth holes has
shown. 7TH Division helmet shows lots of wear and cleaning
and lacks liner and chinstrap. Certificate for his service
indicates he hailed from Illinois. $425 |
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U-2059 76TH Division MTC Sgts tunic with single bar Victory
medal and numbered New York Service medal. Very nice set..
$265 |
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U-2057 Rare 1ST Army Signal Corps tunic with PFC of
signals rank. $210 |
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U-2056 Enlisted man attached to the Office of Chief of
Engineers. $210 |
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U-2053 Scarce 1ST Army Headquarters Reserve Officers
uniform. Very nice condition. $275 |
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U-2050 Rare Battalion and HQ personnel for a unit
attached to First Army. $260 |
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U-2045 Scarce 1ST Army, 41ST Division Musicians tunic
with scarce musician disc. $215 |
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U-2039 WW1 Sergeants tunic. Very good condition
overall. $140 |
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U-2038 WW1 Marine Summer tunic, about MINT!! $295 |
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U-2036 WW2 US Marine Corps Corporals tunic. Nice
condition overall. $250 |
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U-2035 Very nice named WW1 Summer Marine Corps tunic.
$275 |
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U-2034 Very nice WW1 wool trousers. $60 |
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U-2028 Nice named Summer US Marine Corps blouse, named
on the interior. $250 |
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U-2027 Very nice Engineer Sergeant tunic for a Soldier
on the Officer of the Chief Engineer of the AEF. $250 |
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U-2024 Nice 28TH Division tunic with patched hat and
photo history with an additional patch glued to the inside
cover. $395 |
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U-2017 Rare 85TH Division uniform with French Tank Corps
specialty patch. This has been identified in the past as a
specialty patch for Soldiers trained to work on Tanks as
mechanics. One pocket is torn out, as shown. Rare tunic.
$495 |
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U-2015 Scarce wool mackinaw with fantastic 1ST Army
Aviation and 169TH Aero Squadron shoulder sleeve insignia
with some research. $550 |
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U-2011 WW1 28TH Division grouping for a member
of the 28TH Division in its original going home suitcase.
Gas mask bag is named. Gas mask itself is ton. Nice
untouched set. $495 |
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U-2009 WW1 US Marine Corps Corporals tunic. Good
condition overall. $225 |
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U-2007 WW1 Motor Transport Corps tunic. Overall good
condition. Some staining to patch. $150 |
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U-1894 WW1 Motor Transport Corps tunic with Sgt
stripes with MTC badge in bullion. A couple of tiny moth
bites to the MTC patch as shown. $195 |
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U-1893 WW1 Engineer tunic with odd green and red Engineer
shoulder patch. $195 |
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U-1891 WW1 42ND Division tunic. $195 |
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U-1890 WWI 37TH Division Tunic. Good condition overall.
$145 |
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U-1887 WWI Flight Instructors cotton Officers tunic.
The tunic is missing its pin back wings and the collar
insignia. It does retail its bullion Flight Instructor badge
on the cuff, some moth damage to the patch as shown.
Overall, well used and washed. $245 |
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U-1886 Very nice 6TH Division Engineers tunic. One
medium moth hole on the rear left shoulder. $150 |
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U-1885 Railway Engineers uniform set. $145 |
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U-1884 Scarce 76TH Division, Artillery Brigade, private
purchase uniform. Very nice condition overall. $165 |
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U-1877 WW1 5TH Corps Artillery tunic. Exc
condition.$220 |
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U-1864 cotton khaki Railhead/ Regulating Station
uniform. Good condition overall, great patch. $140 |
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U-1863 Very nice Motor Transportation Corps tunic and
trousers. Very nice overall. $225 |
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U-1859 WWI Observer's Tunic with 3Rd Army SSI. Very nice
French made Observer wing. Tunic is excellent overall with
just a couple of scattered moth bites. Ex Bob Ford
collection. $850 |
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U-1847 Very nice 1ST Army Engineers tunic. very nice
condition overall. $185 |
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U-1846 GHQ enlisted mans tunic. Very good condition
overall. $130 |
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U-1829 WW1 Wagoner's shirt. Good condition overall.
One small tear near the cuff. Easy fix. $135 |
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U-1749 1920s GHQ Tunic. 1922 Period. $125 |
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U-1727 WW1 Air Service enlisted set with tunic,
trousers and a great set of hobnail boots. US and Air
Service discs. Some moth bites to trousers. $450 |
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U-1678 Scarce straight leg WW1 trousers. Exc
condition. $135 |
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U-1661 WW1 Private Purchase shirt. $65 |
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U-1483 WWI Air Service ground crew enlisted mans uniform.
Small size, about a 34 chest. 4 bladed propeller patch. $195 |
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U-1464 WWI Officers Cape. Note the buttons match the
typical Officers overcoat. This would be an accessory item
which most Officers would not have purchased. $110 |
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