Rare Enlistment Tin Sign - WWI or earlier?

[Guest Scotch]

Have any of you seen this sign before or can give any info on it? I will try to post a picture...

I'm guessing it's from around 1908 to 1916 or so and came from Sacramento. Enjoy!

 

Thanks much -

Scott

[gunbarrel]

Have any of you seen this sign before or can give any info on it? I will try to post a picture...

I'm guessing it's from around 1908 to 1916 or so and came from Sacramento. Enjoy!

 

Thanks much -

Scott

 

Scott,

 

That's a great sign. Looking at the helmet the soldier is wearing, Great Britain started issue the Brodie helmet in the fall of 1915. The US adopted it as the M1917, so I would say that your sign is not older than 1917.

 

HTH.

[Guest Scotch]

Thanks for the info gunbarrel. Does the rest of the uniform appear to be earlier?

 

scott

[cwnorma]

Thanks for the info gunbarrel. Does the rest of the uniform appear to be earlier?

 

scott

Scott,

 

The soldier is wearing a WW1 era uniform. Dating this sign from 1917 to 1926 when the lapel collar uniform was standardized.

 

Chris

[BOLO]

it does look like a recruiting sign from downtown Sacramento, I know the area well, I remember they had a recruiting station in the old post office building on I street just a couple blocks away from the WWI era recruiting office on K street.

 

thats a really nice piece of California history