INTERWAR UNIFORMS 1920 to 1940

[Page-Hendryx]

This one is interesting, as it originally came from Brooks Uniform Co., in NYC.

 

 

[Wade20th]

17 minutes ago, Page-Hendryx said:

This one is interesting, as it originally came from Brooks Uniform Co., in NYC.

 

 

The upper pockets seem to be slightly lower than usual...

[Wade20th]

Nevermind. I was thinking of WW2 Era dress uniforms. Sorry

[Niemannnnn]

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https://archive.org/details/usarmyuniformsof0000stan

[JohnK83882]

Now it's just the cover. Internet Archive cut access to a lot of copyrighted material.

[ScottG]

     The Hawaiian uniforms are quite interesting to me. My Grandfather was in Hawaii in 41 with the 34th Infantry prior to them being made a part of the 24th Division and sailed with them to the Philippines on Dec 12th of 41. Of course he never made it and was instead rerouted to Australia and then New Guinea.

      I can only imagine the various styles of uniforms he saw prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor with the call up of National Guard and all. This is a great topic and the uniforms are great.    Scott

 

[Chuckman1108]

My grandfather, (8/31/25-1/31/26 Co D, 26th Inf., Plattsburg, NY; 9/30/27-5/31/30, Batt G, 14th CA, Ft Worden, Wa, SN 6529051).  I'd love to find any of his unit's stuff.

[everforward]

5 hours ago, Chuckman1108 said:

My grandfather, (8/31/25-1/31/26 Co D, 26th Inf., Plattsburg, NY; 9/30/27-5/31/30, Batt G, 14th CA, Ft Worden, Wa, SN 6529051).  I'd love to find any of his unit's stuff.

 

Great pic. The uniform your grandfather is wearing in this pic is more than likely his earliest. With the stand-up collar and the presence of unit DUIs, this places the timeline right before the Army made the switch to the open collar on the service coats in 1926.

 

[Chuckman1108]

1 hour ago, everforward said:

 

 

I would not begin to know how to research his DUI or find his insignia.  Any ideas?

[atb]

The DUI is for the 26th Infantry. That should mean he was part of the 1st Division. The image look too fuzzy to make out the details of the collar disks.

[Sargavius]

Here I got mine, named, it's an interwar model although it was made in 1941...possibly one of the last m1926 to be used as it is missing ribbons including the mostly ww2 awards 

[mysteriousoozlefinch]

Purchased this enlisted man's coat at an estate sale.  It's not in great shape, but it stuck out to me for being a transition-era coat.  Definitely the heavier sort of wool and a lot of stitching under the collar.  There are holes for discs and some sparse thread bits that seem to show shoulder insignia.  There are no tags inside I could find.

 

 

 

 

 

[atb]

25 minutes ago, mysteriousoozlefinch said:

Purchased this enlisted man's coat at an estate sale.  It's not in great shape, but it stuck out to me for being a transition-era coat.  Definitely the heavier sort of wool and a lot of stitching under the collar.  There are holes for discs and some sparse thread bits that seem to show shoulder insignia.  There are no tags inside I could find.

 

 

 

 

 

A conversion from the high collar style. Note the closed button hole under the lower lapel. Look for a label in the hem under the lining.

[mysteriousoozlefinch]

25 minutes ago, atb said:

A conversion from the high collar style. Note the closed button hole under the lower lapel. Look for a label in the hem under the lining.

 

That was my take as well, atb, along with the material and the way the collar has been pieced together. It's also missing the patch pockets, just the flap and buttons on mine though no new pocket, which Gil Sanow mentioned in a thread quite a while ago were donors for the collar material.  I know some folks have posted about the Pennsylvania National Guard and other conversions, was this the standard sort of stitch work underneath?  There are no labels left anywhere I can find, I looked under the lining first thing.  Not sure if it was cut or torn out at some point.

[Sargavius]

Anyone has other inter war uniforms to share?