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Lot #2653
Lot #2655

Lot 2654: WWI-Pattern U.S. Naval Aviator Ensign's Uniform

World War I Period Uniform Set of a U.S. Naval Aviator

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: May 6, 2017

Lot 2654: WWI-Pattern U.S. Naval Aviator Ensign's Uniform

World War I Period Uniform Set of a U.S. Naval Aviator

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: May 6, 2017

Estimated Price: $1,000 - $1,500
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World War I Period Uniform Set of a U.S. Naval Aviator

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1) U.S. Navy tunic, green twill construction with a maker's tag for A. Schuman & Company of Boston, Massachusetts, below the collar and a pair of script letter tags reading "F.R." on the inside of the left breast, as well as the signature WWI/'doughboy' style high collar. The buttons are gilt brass with Rause & Co. (New York State) maker's marks, the shoulder boards are black felt hand-stitched to the tunic with an Ensign's rank depicted with a wide silver ribbon and a thick silver bullion line officer's star, a gilt set of U.S. Navy pilot's wings sits above the left breast pocket, and the left cuff features a gold bullion Overseas Service chevron (indicating 6 months abroad). 2) "Riding breech" style trousers, green twill construction with brown bakelite buttons, nickel adjustment strap hardware, and "FERDINAND/ROSENBERGER" hand-marked inside the waistband. Notes from the consignor attribute "F.R." and Ferdinand Rosenberger as Ferdinand A. Rosenberger, who appears on the U.S. Navy officer rolls in 1919 as an Ensign with the Naval Reserve Force. During this era naval aviation was in its infancy, and U.S. Navy flight assets saw use in World War One for shore defense and anti-submarine patrols. Though his exact wartime exploits are unrecorded, the Overseas Service chevron suggests that Rosenberger was one of the aviators sent to France during the war.

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The trousers shows mild staining, and the tunic is missing the pocket buttons, otherwise the grouping is in very good shape overall.



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