LOT 393
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Lot 393
A COLLECTION OF U.S. WWI EQUIPMENT. Comprising well over 60 pieces, including five helmets, canvas and leather leggings, field pack, a Springfield rifle case, cartridge belts, canteens, mess kits, personal hygiene items, folding canvas shipping bag sent home to Lieutenant W.E. Bowersox, 14th Balloon Co., of Cedar Rapids, IA, bag has an approximately 4 inch painted triangle with Allied Expeditionary Forces, a US marked saddle brush, a pair of officer's leather gloves with plastic "Gentry" buttons, a folding "Kenlit" pouch with tobacco wrappers and New Testament, cigarette case made from German WWI belt buckle center, tin drinking cup with folding handle, empty "Auto-strap" and "Gillette Safety Razor" pouches, an aluminum officer's army compass pouch and a shaving mirror in pouch.
Estimate:
$50 - 100
€ 40 - 80
All items are sold “AS IS” and there will be no returns based on condition. The items sold are often of considerable age and will exhibit wear, usage and damage often not listed in the catalog entry. The absence of condition remarks in the catalog entry DOES NOT mean the item is in perfect condition. Prospective buyers are in ALL CASES responsible for determining the physical condition of lots. No employee or agent of Jackson's International Auctioneers and Appraisers is authorized to make on our behalf or on that of the consignor any representation or warranty, oral or written, with respect to any property. Therefore, if a prospective bidder has not examined the property to their satisfaction before the sale, or his/her agent has not inspected the property, Jackson's recommends that they not bid on the property. All dimensions are approximate. The condition of frames is not guaranteed.