derrbrad Posted March 15, 2019 Share #1 Posted March 15, 2019 If a national guard unit was federalized and sent to be part of the AEF in France. What collar disc would they most likely have worn overseas? Standard US, USNA, US w/ NG, or something else entirely. Any help is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk3370 Posted March 15, 2019 Share #2 Posted March 15, 2019 The following designations were: Regular Army Divisions were the 1st through 8th Division. National Guard was 26th through 42nd Divisions National Army was 76th through 93rd Divisions However by the middle of 1918 most designations ie NA, NG, USV etc had been removed and only the US was being worn. The US with designation attached or the disc with NA, NG etc was still authorized until supplies were exhausted. Any of the above would be proper through the end of the war depending upon unit. Hope this makes some sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted March 16, 2019 Share #3 Posted March 16, 2019 Long sold, but once had a 37th Division grouping uniform from a unit that had started out in the Ohio National Guard. The soldier had also seen service on the Mexican border in 1916-17. That uniform had post war insignia (SSI OSS, Discharge chevron, etc) and OHIO collar disks on one side and plain Infantry on the other. What Terry says above is true--based on the regulations, but in practice the Doughboys often wore what they had or what they thought they could get away with. There are many possible permutations but since you asked what was likely, in my opinion, from most to least: 1. US 2. USNG (script) 3. US[NG] (block) 4. US with regimental number 5. US [NG} with regimental number 6. USNA (script) 7. US{NA] (block) 8. US{NA] with regimental number 9. State 10. No insignia at all 11. US (includes NG and NA varieties) disks on both sides of collar 12. Branch disks on both sides of collar 13. Officer insignia worn in lieu of Enlisted 14. Overcoat buttons worn in lieu of collar insignia Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrbrad Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted March 18, 2019 Thanks guys, Makes sense. Seems the photos Iv'e seen of National guard over in France and in the states during this time was a jumble of all styles. I'm trying to put together a shadow box for my father of his grandfather, but of course the only picture that exists of him in uniform the collar discs are too fuzzy to make out. I'll probably just grab a standard US and call it good, No one but me would know there was anything other than that anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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