Original U.S. WWI Army Officer Engineer Named Painted Trunk Grouping U.S. Uniforms vinyl handles

vinyl handles

Some were fitted with a tractor radiator cap fitted on top of the water jacket to allow handfuls of snow to be packed in to melt while firing

it is now his turn to provide Spiritus ("the divine breath") to others

there is significant moth damage to the collar area

On a blackened silver plaque on the back of the wrist was engraved:

Original U.S. WWI Army Officer Engineer Named Painted Trunk Grouping U.S. Uniforms vinyl handlesOriginal Items: One of a kind set. Lieutenant Robert Ellis Cross from Connecticut served in the AEF during WWI first as a corporal in the 129th Engineers Company B then left the Army to accept a commission as a lieutenant in the National Army in July 1919. He was a graduate of Trinity college in Hartford Connecticut, there is even a biology test from his college included with this grouping as well as a letter from one of his professors dated April