albatrosdva Posted August 16, 2021 Share #1 Posted August 16, 2021 The auction didn't show any names so I'm very excited that I was very easily able to identify the owner of this outfit. Even found a magazine article from July 5, 1917 talking about her joining Harvard Surgical Unit. Anyone else ever seen one? It was a small unit so I think it is likely pretty rare. I don't know the British stuff as well as American and since the Harvard Unit was part of the BEF I don't know the stripes. Are these overseas stripes or some sort of rank? If it is consistent with other British uniforms I would think each stripe was a year overseas but since it is a voluntary unit and non-combatant I didn't know how that would affect it. Love the British made tunic and shoulder titles. What do y'all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted August 17, 2021 Share #2 Posted August 17, 2021 Very impressive find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbranch Posted August 17, 2021 Share #3 Posted August 17, 2021 Nice!!!! Super cool uniform. I love the uncommon WW1 uniforms like this from small groups in the US that served overseas during the war. Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted August 19, 2021 Share #4 Posted August 19, 2021 I found her but unfortunately her passport photo is terrible. Miss Jean Ida McDowell of Needham, MA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albatrosdva Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted August 19, 2021 Thank you Croix de Guerre it's great to have that paperwork to add to the tunic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bertmedals Posted August 22, 2021 Share #8 Posted August 22, 2021 Fantastic find and research/ID. Nice to see it -- thanks for posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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