Original U.S. WWI Big Red One 1st Division Patched Infantry Uniform Jacket with Repairs Category_Fusee Spring & Cover The aluminum M-5 fuze dummy

The aluminum M-5 fuze dummy is able to be removed if you would wish to do so

This helmet is heat lot stamped 63B which indicates the approximate manufacture date of February - March 1942

now oxidized to a lovely dark patina

The cork itself is complete but has shrunk due to age and cracked

Original U.S. WWI Big Red One 1st Division Patched Infantry Uniform Jacket with Repairs Category_Fusee Spring & Cover The aluminum M-5 fuze dummyOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a fantastic example of a patched WWI US Army tunic that belonged to a member of the US Armys 1st Infantry Division, The Big Red One. The "Red One" Division achieved a number of firsts in World War I: to arrive in France, to be at the front, to fire at the enemy, to raid, to suffer casualties and to be cited in general orders. Thus the insignia is a large, red numeral "one" on an olive drab shield, much like