Original U.S. Identified WWI 5th Division Uniform Grouping - Painted Helmet - Trench Watch - Pay Book Cannons The majority were placed in

The majority were placed in storage and sold as surplus without having ever been issued

in the etching

and was captured by German forces

though the sight base is a bit loose on the barrel

It is marked STEYR 1896 on the left side of the receiver indicating it was manufactured in 1896 by Österreichische Waffenfabriksgesellschaft

Original U.S. Identified WWI 5th Division Uniform Grouping - Painted Helmet - Trench Watch - Pay Book Cannons The majority were placed inOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The 19th Field Artillery Regiment of the 5th Division arrived in France in May 1918, seeing heavy combat in the St. Die Sector, the Villers en Haye Sector, the St. Mihiel Offensive, the Limey Sector, and Puvenelle Sector. This is a stellar named grouping to a Corporal in the Headquarters Company of that regiment, including his uniform, helmet, and trench watch with shrapnel guard. Henry W. Smith was born in 1896, in