Original U.S. WWI Observation Balloon Company Uniform Group with Signal Corps M1911 Campaign Hat and Photographs of Wearer - Rare Balloon Patch MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly as the leather band actually

as the leather band actually has liner retaining fittings rivetted to it

when troops were mobilized for the Franco-Prussian War

the unit launched an assault near an area known as "Forest Farm

but we can still see the traces of the London proof marks: the CROWN / GP "Gunmakers" black powder proof and CROWN / V "viewed" marking from the London Gun Company proof house

Features the profile of a full-length image of a Marine in a dress uniform with a rifle on his shoulder patrolling the docks

Original U.S. WWI Observation Balloon Company Uniform Group with Signal Corps M1911 Campaign Hat and Photographs of Wearer - Rare Balloon Patch MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly as the leather band actuallyOriginal Items: Only One Group Available. This is a very appealing U. S. WWI Observation Balloon Company uniform grouping consisting of an enlisted mans service coat with an extremely scarce hand embroidered balloon shoulder patch, an M1911 campaign hat with Signal Corps cord, and three period photographs showing the unidentified soldier who owned the group. Observation balloons played an important role during WWI by allowing trained observers to