Original U.S. Pre-WWII US Army Officers Peaked Visor by Hastings - Size 7 1/4 French Gun Magazines Under the NSV

Under the NSV

It served continuously with the 29th Infantry Division in its eastward advance until reaching the Elbe at the end of World War II in Europe

It looks to be of all cotton construction

Overall the hilt is loose on the tang

indicating that it was originally manufactured at Tulle Arsenal as a Chassepot in 1870

Original U.S. Pre-WWII US Army Officers Peaked Visor by Hastings - Size 7 1/4 French Gun Magazines Under the NSVOriginal Item: Only One Available. Lack of funding slowed and almost stopped Army uniform modernization after World War One ended and the uniform barely changed until 1926, when General Charles Summerall became Chief of Staff of the United States Army. As a result, soldiers in France, in Russia, and in Germany during the Occupation of the Rhineland continued wearing the 1912, 1917, and 1918 uniforms and carrying 1910 equipment through the 1920s. In