Original U.S. Identified WWI 5th Division Uniform Grouping - Painted Helmet - Trench Watch - Pay Book U.S. Flare Guns Dated August 1917

Dated August 1917

troops armed with M1 carbines could easily carry 2 to 3 times more ammunition than with other weapons

though they are difficult to make out

was named to redesign the newly revived medal

The woodwork has a lovely deep brown patina

Original U.S. Identified WWI 5th Division Uniform Grouping - Painted Helmet - Trench Watch - Pay Book U.S. Flare Guns Dated August 1917Original Item. One of a Kind. The 19th Field Artillery Regiment of the 5th Division arrived in France in May 1918, seeing heavy combat in the St. Die Sector, the Villers en Haye Sector, the St. Mihiel Offensive, the Limey Sector, and Puvenelle Sector. This is a stellar named grouping to a Corporal in the Headquarters Company of that regiment, including his uniform, helmet, and trench watch with shrapnel guard. Henry W. Smith was born in 1896, in