nchistory Posted June 4, 2016 Author #26 Posted June 4, 2016 Alec, is it true that the enamel Indianhead pin pictured here is likely a 2nd Div. Association pin from the 20-30's. Thanks
nchistory Posted June 4, 2016 Author #27 Posted June 4, 2016 Hard to make out, but how about BEAN, for Charles W.??
Dirk Posted June 4, 2016 #28 Posted June 4, 2016 If it is him.....He is shown in the 80th Company 6th Regiment...come over to France on the USS Pocahantas with the 7th Regiment. Returned to the States and discharged September 1919
Hessian Posted June 4, 2016 #29 Posted June 4, 2016 Hi Chris Prendergast is being restored...hope to have it back soon, will post pics when I do. Regarding the Indian Head pin, I have a couple of uniforms where Marines affixed it to the Foruragerre. I've also got a couple loose that came in groupings so they are 100% of the period and the one on the cap is period correct. Good luck Duke
nchistory Posted June 4, 2016 Author #30 Posted June 4, 2016 Yes Dirk, Ancestry has it messed up on the muster rolls, a few have Bean in the 79th, and most in the 80th. So it's not Bean.. Thanks
nchistory Posted June 4, 2016 Author #31 Posted June 4, 2016 Duke, Look forward to seeing Prendergast in it's proper glory... Thanks
nchistory Posted June 5, 2016 Author #32 Posted June 5, 2016 Played with color a little more... Maybe NEAL
Dirk Posted June 5, 2016 #33 Posted June 5, 2016 Try Thell R Neal.....79th Company 6th Regiment...born and died in Tennessee but spent some time in Miss.
nchistory Posted June 5, 2016 Author #34 Posted June 5, 2016 Pvt. Thell R. Neal, USMCR, 79th Co (F) 6th Marine Regiment. Awarded the Purple Heart Medal for actions against the enemy WIA while serving as a Rifleman during the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment's defense of their sector inside the Bois de la Montagnes outside of the French village of Xammes during the St, Mihiel Offensive in the morning of Sunday, September 15th, 1918. Participated in The Battle of the Aisne (Belleau Wood), the Defensive Sector at Marbache, The Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, and with the 3rd U.S. Army Occupation of the Koblenz Bridgehead, Germany in 1919.
atb Posted June 5, 2016 #37 Posted June 5, 2016 Brig, I believe Indian Heads were official even branch pins. Need to find the document, but it is actually a long list of what could be worn on the fourragere. There were such pins, but I do not believe any of these official ones were in color, just all bronzed.
nchistory Posted June 10, 2016 Author #38 Posted June 10, 2016 Got this in today. Looking behind insignia, appears to have been there awhile as cloth behind insignia darker, as well as some oxidation where the metal touched exposed cloth. The coin washer is throwing me off, maybe Chinese? Maybe washer broke, and was replaced postwar to continue wearing as a Vet, or maybe the coin is wartime, don't know how to date...Still thinking this is possibly NEAL. Always seeing input.
nchistory Posted June 10, 2016 Author #45 Posted June 10, 2016 Had really tall crown, tucked in and sewn like American cap, really believe this cap to be French made.
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