Original U.S. WWI Siberian Expedition S/AEF Uniform Jacket with Scarce Patch - Initialed W.B.B.
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Original Item. Only One Available. This is a great uniform for a Private serving with the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia, with either the 27th or 31st Infantry Regiment. The AEF Siberia included the US Army's 27th and 31st Infantry Regiments, plus large numbers of volunteers from the 13th and 62nd Infantry Regiments along with a few from the 12th Infantry Regiment. Set up to operate the Trans-Siberian railroad, the Russian Railway Service Corps was formed of US personnel.
The jacket has a fantastic S/AEF black diamond patch, which was one of two variants of patch worn by members of the Expedition, the other being the more well-known S in a Polar bear patch.
The jacket has a contract tag for a company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for April 10th, 1917, so this example certainly would have been worn in Siberia. The jacket has two overseas chevrons for 12-17 months overseas on the left cuff, an honorable discharge chevron on the left sleeve, and US & Infantry collar discs.
There is a set of initials on the inside, W.B.B., but as this is for a private in one of two infantry regiments, that will be difficult to narrow down. Still, this is an outstanding representative example for your collection!
Ready for display!
Approximate Measurements:-
Collar to shoulder: 9"
Shoulder to sleeve: 24”
Shoulder to shoulder: 14"
Chest width: 16.5”
Waist: 16"
Hip: 19"
Front length: 29"
The Siberian intervention or Siberian expedition of 1918–1922 was the dispatch of troops of the Entente powers to the Russian Maritime Provinces as part of a larger effort by the western powers, Japan, and China to support White Russian forces and the Czechoslovak Legion against Soviet Russia and its allies during the Russian Civil War. The Imperial Japanese Army continued to occupy Siberia even after other Allied forces withdrew in 1920.
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