Original U.S. WWI Scarce 332nd Infantry Regiment Trench Art & Panoramic Yardlong of Officers of the Regiment - Only U.S. Regiment to Serve in Italy
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Original Set. One-of-a-Kind. This is a great set of pieces for the 332nd Infantry Regiment. Shortly after the regiment's arrival in France, they were informed that they would be sent to serve in Italy instead. They arrived there in July 1918 in response from an urgent request from the Italian Government. In addition to the American infantry force, 30 American ambulance sections, a base hospital, and 54 airplane pilots also served with the Italian Army. Any items from the 332nd Infantry Regiment have become incredibly scarce & sought-after.
This set includes a very unique piece of trench art, a piece of wood carved with the collar disc of the 332nd Infantry Regiment, Company D on one side, and with a lovely carving of a horse’s head on a patterned background on the other side. This piece measures 5⅛ x 5¾” and has two small holes on the sides, likely meant for a mount that would allow it to spin.
The other piece in the set is a metal tube with a panoramic yardlong photograph of every officer of the entire regiment. This includes the Captain and two lieutenants of every company in the regiment as well as the battalion officers, medical detachment & supply officers, and the headquarters detachment. The commander of the regiment, Colonel William Wallace, is pictured in center. The shoulders of each officer bears the now-famous patch of the 332nd Infantry Regiment, the Lion of St. Mark holding a book reading 332. Each man also wears the Italian War Cross ribbon, a repeating pattern of red, white, and green. The yardlong measures roughly 10¼ x 26½” and would look phenomenal in a frame. These yardlong photos were printed in very small numbers as they were expensive to produce at the time, so to find one with every officer of what is considered one of the scarcest units of World War I is very difficult. The yardlong is in a tube incorrectly labeled 322nd infantry, a common mistake, but the yardlong is 100% for the 332nd.
This is a phenomenal pair of items from a very scarce unit, ready for further research and display.
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