SignalCorps Posted September 16, 2017 Share #26 Posted September 16, 2017 Could you post more close ups of the 26th ID uniform? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share #27 Posted January 31, 2018 Pile of my Interwars. Aloha, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted January 31, 2018 Share #28 Posted January 31, 2018 Holy you know what, nice to get them out once on awhile and play. Really. Nice Sent from my XT1031 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted January 31, 2018 Share #29 Posted January 31, 2018 Amazing collection! Thanks for sharing!Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everforward Posted February 2, 2018 Share #30 Posted February 2, 2018 Oh my.....that’s most of the interwar Army right there, lol..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan Posted February 2, 2018 Share #31 Posted February 2, 2018 Love that 213th Coast Artillery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted February 3, 2018 Share #32 Posted February 3, 2018 Good stuff! How did I miss this thread? I have to check in here more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share #33 Posted February 3, 2018 IV Corps, 1st Observation Squadron, Battery A. This one has great domed style gilt buttons, SB DIs, nice multi constructed patch and has numerous inked stamped ASNs and two that reads A.B. Ingle 1st OBSN A-5382. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share #34 Posted February 3, 2018 VI Corps Engineers tunic. This one is complete with Engineering gilt buttons throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share #35 Posted February 3, 2018 1st Division, 7th FA, Battery A. Very cool red cross stitched patch and felt red disc behind collar brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted February 3, 2018 Share #36 Posted February 3, 2018 Stunning uniforms, I cannot recall the last time I've seen an interwar uniform on eBay with any insignia. Sent from my XT1031 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share #37 Posted February 3, 2018 The 103rd Division, 412th Infantry Regiment, IV Corps, Ist Observation Squadron and I believe the VI Corps Engineer tunics come off of eBay last year with their insignia intact, others came via different sources, trade, friends, dealers etc...over twenty five plus years of searching. So they are out there and not only on eBay. You just need to keep a lookout for them. Oh yes, there was a fantastic 38th Division, 38th Signal Company grouping of three uniforms belonging to a Captain. It was one of the most complete Interwar grouping I had ever seen and it was on eBay last year too. If I had the funds it would be together with the rest of this heap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Z Posted February 3, 2018 Share #38 Posted February 3, 2018 That's an amazing collection of really spectacular uniforms. Hope to see more of them (especially any QM soldiers!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share #39 Posted February 3, 2018 Details inside the IV Corps coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share #40 Posted February 3, 2018 Detail pics of the patches. It is nice to see what an actual VI Corps Interwar patch is really supposed to look like. Seen a lot of fakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 4, 2018 Share #41 Posted February 4, 2018 That use of the Red backings is superb, I wonder how common it was, and if other branches did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share #42 Posted February 4, 2018 During the A.O.G. the use of felt discs behind the various branch/U.S. discs were quite common. Al Barnes's "In Strange Land The American Occupation of Germany 2918-1923", has several clear photo illustration of this occurring. Mostly Infantry if I can recall correctly. As we know the Big Red One was part of this occupation. I think they left Germany in the latter half 1919. The coat itself was tailored from a standing collar to meet the lapel requirements of 1926. I gather that troops would continue to wear their felt embellishments behind their collar discs upon their return to the CONUS and well into the 1920's. Purhaps their C.O. didn't need to challenge the practice since they too were familiar with the anomaly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 4, 2018 Share #43 Posted February 4, 2018 During the A.O.G. the use of felt discs behind the various branch/U.S. discs were quite common. Al Barnes's "In Strange Land The American Occupation of Germany 2918-1923", has several clear photo illustration of this occurring. Mostly Infantry if I can recall correctly. As we know the Big Red One was part of this occupation. I think they left Germany in the latter half 1919. The coat itself was tailored from a standing collar to meet the lapel requirements of 1926. I gather that troops would continue to wear their felt embellishments behind their collar discs upon their return to the CONUS and well into the 1920's. Purhaps their C.O. didn't need to challenge the practice since they too were familiar with the anomaly. I seen somewhere in one of my books, or in one of my books that I used to have, where a Sgt in the 27th Division in the late 20s-30s is wearing backings on his discs, I'll have to look around. If I do find him, can I post him here to show another example of this fashion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share #44 Posted February 4, 2018 Shoots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 4, 2018 Share #45 Posted February 4, 2018 Shoots. Shoots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share #46 Posted February 4, 2018 Our way of saying, "go right ahead". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 4, 2018 Share #47 Posted February 4, 2018 Our way of saying, "go right ahead". You meant SHOOT Ok Then, I look around, I think Keller book? Lemme check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 4, 2018 Share #48 Posted February 4, 2018 Yep, it's in Mr Keller's most excellent book, volume 1. A unknown First Sergeant of the 105th Infantry of the 27th Division sometime in the 30s. The backing discs are clearly the Light Blue of the Infantry, note too how he has one under the cap device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1991 Posted February 4, 2018 Share #49 Posted February 4, 2018 Would love to see more photographs of that 26th Division jacket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share #50 Posted February 5, 2018 As requested 26th Division, 101st Engineer Regiment, Company F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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