world war I nerd Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share #76 Posted April 30, 2009 Photo no. 03: This photo of Captain Benjamin Foulouis, commander of the 1st Aero Squadron during the Punitive Expedition is wearing a much darker turtleneck sweater that closely matches the example posted above by Trench Raider 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share #77 Posted April 30, 2009 Photo no. 04: These groups of Guardsmen on the border in 1916 obviously have too much time on their hands. The soldier kneeling in the front row is wearing a non regulation lightweight turtleneck sweater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share #78 Posted April 30, 2009 Photo no. 05: Close up of the much lighter olive drab turtleneck sweater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Romantic Posted April 30, 2009 Share #79 Posted April 30, 2009 Brian, your email you just sent reminded me to post this unusual knit cap currently at Bay State Militaria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Romantic Posted May 11, 2009 Share #80 Posted May 11, 2009 This is a photo currently on eBay with a soldier wearing the 1911 sweater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Romantic Posted May 11, 2009 Share #81 Posted May 11, 2009 Detail of sweater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share #82 Posted May 12, 2009 Very cool photo Frankie. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathzouille Posted May 21, 2009 Share #83 Posted May 21, 2009 Very nice post the US WW1 Here you have a picture from my collection : It's a US ww1 toilet troussers The item is as it was before and belougs from the same soldier. This man put etiquets after the war : Friendly Mathieu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Holscher Posted May 23, 2009 Share #84 Posted May 23, 2009 Interesting thread. Here's a SMH tread on the 1911 sweater. I've posted a link to this thread in it.SMH thread on 1911 sweater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USARV72 Posted July 2, 2009 Share #85 Posted July 2, 2009 Found this copy of a 1918 Sears catalog showing some knit clothing...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share #86 Posted June 14, 2014 A couple months ago I ran into some photos of the leather palmed, canton flannel over gloves that were meant to be worn over both the sewn and ambidextrous wool gloves, as explained in post number 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted December 3, 2014 Share #87 Posted December 3, 2014 M1911 sweaters worn by men deployed to guard Dayton Ohio after the city sustained severe flooding. I believe circa 1912-1913. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share #88 Posted December 3, 2014 Great photo RC. That's an excellent example showing how the NCO chevrons were to be sewn onto both sleeves of the regulation wool sweater. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted December 7, 2014 Share #89 Posted December 7, 2014 Hi WWI Nerd! Thanks, I hope to post up some more photos soon in other topics. RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evets Posted January 11, 2015 Share #90 Posted January 11, 2015 Here's pics of a balaclava/toque and wristlets I've had in my collection for around 25 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share #91 Posted January 12, 2015 Thanks for adding to the thread evets. It's nice to see a pair of two thumb hole wristlets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evets Posted January 13, 2015 Share #92 Posted January 13, 2015 No problem, thanks for the interesting thread! I got them thrown in with a pile or two of other WWI or pre-WWI stuff I bought about 25 years ago. Not many collectors cared about such items back then it seems, only the sweaters if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgawne Posted January 13, 2015 Share #93 Posted January 13, 2015 Again, wonderful work, but I have a personal connection to this. My father was a small child in WW1. One of his wartime memories was that his school tried to teach them to knit by making them knit washcloths (which always sounded odd to me). However he said he was terrible at it and turned in this greasy, awful, ragged thing which, he was sure, would set the war back years if it was ever issued. and so your line "the Junior Red Cross was established. Among other things it taught school children how to knit. The young knitters began by making simple square washcloths for the soldiers" was great fun to see. Personally, I believed they dropped his washcloth behind German lines, which resulted in the Hun just giving up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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