Military / War Memorabilia
Lot 95:
1917 GEORGIA 4th REGIMENT Trench Art 37 MM Shell Casing
1917 GEORGIA 4th REGIMENT Trench Art 37 MM Shell Casing. On 1 October 1917, the Fourth was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division. Stationed at Fort Brown, Texas, the regiment recruited and trained up to strength and on the first anniversary of the American entry into the war, left for France. The Fourth Infantry disembarked at Brest, France in 1918 and participated in the defensive actions of Aisne, Château-Thierry, Second Battle of the Marne, and in the Third Battle of the Aisne, Saint-Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne offensives under the command of Colonel Halstead Dorey. The entire regiment was decorated with the French Croix de Guerre, having lost eighty percent of its men, under constant and grueling fire during thirty days on the line; the regiment was relieved by the 60th Infantry. The base of this shell reads 37-85 PDPs 296 9 17. It measures 3 5/8" Tall.
Condition: Original Authentic
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