Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available: This is a wonderful condition M1917 US Army uniform tunic, worn by a member of the US Army’s 83rd Infantry Division. The division was activated in September 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. It was initially made up of enlisted draftees from Ohio and Pennsylvania, with a cadre of Regular Army, Officers Reserve Corps, and National Army officers. Later groups of enlisted men assigned to the division to replace men transferred to other units came from Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The division went overseas in June 1918, and was designated as the 2nd Depot Division. It supplied over 195,000 officers and enlisted men as replacements to other units in France without seeing action as a complete formation. Certain divisional units saw action, such as the 332nd Infantry Regiment, in Italy (Battle of Vittorio Veneto).
The United States entered the war on April 6, 1917, and the issue of the dress uniform was suspended. With millions of men entering the service, the tailoring of the wool service coat was simplified. The service hat and canvas leggings continued to be issued to troops stationed in the United States, but troops assigned to the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) in Europe received new items including both French and British made overseas caps, spiral puttees, and steel trench helmets.
The uniform is in wonderful condition and shows signs of wear and use, but is present without any extensive damage. All buttons are present and the collar discs are the standard US and the left one being the infantry Crossed Rifles of “E” for the Company. The shoulder sleeve insignia of the 83rd Division insignia consists of letters in gold spelling out the word "O-H-I-O" on a black isosceles triangular background. The insignia was selected during World War I because the division contained mostly Ohio draftees.
A wonderful uniform ready for further research and display.
Approximate Measurements:
Collar to shoulder: 9"
Shoulder to sleeve: 24”
Shoulder to shoulder: 16”
Chest width: 18"
Waist width: 17"
Hip width: 21”
Front length: 29"
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