Original Identified WWI US 14th Engineers Officer’s Uniform & Helmet Grouping - Heavy Combat Record MG 42 in practice the crew of

in practice the crew of a tank was often able to drive away from the limited area affected before too much smoke entered the fighting compartment

while the American style is known to have been used in Southern France and the Philippines

similar to cavalry pistols of the era

Ammo Box - 5

Several items of field gear were carried over from the First World War by the German military

Original Identified WWI US 14th Engineers Officer’s Uniform & Helmet Grouping - Heavy Combat Record MG 42 in practice the crew ofOriginal Item: Only One Available: Did you know that the first American soldiers to see combat in World War I were railway engineers? This phenomenal officers grouping belonged to a Captain of the 14th (Light Railway) Engineers, which first saw combat two months before the 1st Division, in the Arras Bapume defensive sector, on August 21st, 1917. This is the uniform & helmet grouping of Captain Vivian Rose Irvine, Company A, 14th Engineer Regiment