This is a Model 1910 uniform consisting of the tunic and pants. The summer version of this uniform is a little more difficult to find, as it is made of cotton twill fabric instead of the more common wool fabric. The jacket, or tunic, is unlined and is of a single breast design. There are five subdued bronze general service buttons on the front, along with six smaller general service buttons. The jacket has a standing collar, shoulder epaulettes, plain cuffs and four pockets on the front. Each epaulette has a small general service button, as does each pocket to secure the flap. The collar has two one inch disks, one US and the other the branch insignia of the Ordnance Corps. The left sleeve has the patch of the 92nd Infantry Division and a six month overseas chevron. The right sleeve has a circular cloth patch with the Ordnance bomb sewn on it. The 92nd Division was part of the Allied Expeditionary Force that fought in World War I. It was a National Army unit formed of black draftees, with a cadre of 154 NCO's transferred in from four Regular Army units. After training in the trenches, parts of the division would serve with the french Army, as the American and British Armies refused to have colored soldiers serve with them. It arrived in France in July of 1918 and in September of that year took part in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The division suffered 1647 casualties during that time period, 120 KIA and 1527 wounded. Eventually the 92nd would fight as a division under American control during the Meuse-Argonne campaign. The jacket and pants are in very good condition. There is no moth damage or any other damage for that matter. There is one repair to the pants on the right leg. The strings are still present in the pants legs and all buttons are still with both the pants and jacket. Here's an opportunity to own a uniform from one of the "Buffalo Soldiers" of World War I. You just don't see these uniforms in this good of condition very often.

Item # AA1086

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