Original U.S. Identified WWI 5th Division Uniform Grouping - Painted Helmet - Trench Watch - Pay Book Cannons though the sight base is

though the sight base is a bit loose on the barrel

The majority were placed in storage and sold as surplus without having ever been issued

The side plate on the 2nd Issue was much larger and irregularly shaped

and it is definitely one of the lesser common varieties encountered

Pennsylvania this “high pressure” manufactured M-1 helmet liner can be identified by the embossed MSA in the crown

Original U.S. Identified WWI 5th Division Uniform Grouping - Painted Helmet - Trench Watch - Pay Book Cannons though the sight base isOriginal 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