Original U.S. WWI Identified 42nd Division Uniform and Dog Tags - 166th Infantry Regiment German Flags with a circle around the

with a circle around the perimeter

Many helmets with this type of chin strap were later converted to the M17 or M18 standard

Russian and Austro-Hungarian armies up until World War I

is nevertheless a thoroughly reliable instrument

The pattern was not an official Army approved pattern but it so closely resembled the IKE jacket that it was  accepted in the ETO during the war

Original U.S. WWI Identified 42nd Division Uniform and Dog Tags - 166th Infantry Regiment German Flags with a circle around theOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a stellar 42nd Division uniform with a gorgeous hand stitched rainbow patch, and a set of dog tags fully identifying the soldier as Samuel M. Wood, Headquarters Company, 166th Infantry Regiment. Samuel Mathus Wood was born on February 22nd, 1890 in Bath, Virginia. At a young age his family moved to Goshen, Virginia, where hed live for most of his life. Wood was inducted into the National Army on September 5th,