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THBWWI Overseas Chest, Uniforms, and Souvenirs of Lieutenant H. L. Erickson, U.S. Army Air Corps
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300 20th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
United States
Witherell’s auction house is a family business rooted in a passion for fine art and antiques, based in Sacramento, a region known for its history and its important 20th century art scene. It all started when Brad Witherell was gifted a Civil War-era Henry rifle from his uncle as a teen, spurring his...Read more
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LiveJan 31, 2019
Witherell's annual "Weapons and War" live auction will take place January 31st and features a variety of weapons and other historical material, including some exceptional lots dating from WWI and WWII. Witherell's hello@witherells.com
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This is an amazing collection of uniforms, gear, and souvenirs of H. L. Erickson, who was a signals officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps in W.W.I., comprising his overseas chest with his name and Air Corps roundel, painted on the lid; his French made officer's tunic with Air Corps and U.S. insignia, as well as a large Air Corps patch on the left shoulder with a French tailor's label in the back; his U.S. Army officer's peaked cap (bill detached); two wool overseas caps, both with black and green piping, one with 2nd lieutenants' bar on front; Erickson's service boots; a pair of leather wrap-around gaiters; Erickson's officer's breeches; Erickson's Model 1917 U.S. steel helmet; Erickson's named muscle bag; an officer's cap chord for a Montana peak campaign hat; a steel shoe polish tin with Erickson's 3-bar U.S. Victory medal bars Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Defensive Sector; Erickson's trench lighter; a grey metal German enlisted belt buckle; a German 2nd Class Iron Cross; a patriotic "Helmet the Kaiser," page in shape of a spiked helmet; two patriotic handkerchieves; a pair of flying goggles, "Air Explosives No. 2," made in France in their original tin box; a cloth "housewife," empty; a book of postcards from Blois; a book of postcards from Verdun from after the battle; another Verdun postcard book, different from the previous; three A.E.F. booklets, two of songs and rhymes, one regarding sex while overseas; a photo portrait of Lt. Erickson apparently wearing the uniform and peaked cap in this archive and a calling card of Lt. Erickson; two naval commissioning pennants from unknown ships; a canvas web waist belt; a U.S. Army canteen cup and cover dated 1917, named to Erickson; a U.S. Army collapsible canvas wash basin; two wooden wall match holders; a canvas peaked cap cover; a brass shell casing from a French 75mm gun; a German leather pickelhaube helmet, rising the front plate and chinstrap; a German Mauser bayonet of the "butcher's blade type, with the sawteeth ground off, in its sheath, marked C.G. Handle Suhl; a camouflage painted WWI German "coal scuttle" steel helmet, complete with lining as mailed home by Lt. Ericsson, with a large dent on the right rear; and Erickson's "Sam Browne," belt and strap. Dimensions: chest is 31" x 17" x 13 1/2". Tunic, cap, and breeches are separate. Processing and shipping within the continental U.S. $225.00 plus 1.5% replacement insurance cost.
General very good to excellent. Peaked cap visor is detached, but present. There are several small moth holes on one sleeve of the tunic. Some of the postcards are stained. The muscle bag is in rough condition. There are moth holes in both overseas caps. There are moth holes in the breeches. The boots show wear. The picklehaube is worn and the leather finish is flaking. The campaign chest has a crack in the top and is missing one handle.Condition
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