-40%

WWI AEF 82nd Division Company D 326th Infantry Yardlong, Chinese Doughboys!

$ 84.47

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    There was at least one DSC recipient in this company, but I don't see a Sgt wearing the medal - so perhaps awarded after they returned home (or he was wounded and didn't make the photo).  One Lieutenant in the photo is wearing a ribbon bar, perhaps a DSC ribbon.
    Photo is in exceptional condition.  It is rolled as unframed, so would need to be carefully flattened before framing. Some slight corner creases, and one half inch tear to the left side middle as seen.  Colors are nice and strong (sorry the sun was peeking through the trees a bit on a couple shots).  Paper is in good condition with no vertical cracking so unrolls easily.
    Plenty of 82nd patches visible in the photo!  On the back someone wrote pop (or dad) marking an individual solider - but no idea who he was.  From Anoka County Minnesota, so may be able to find him easy enough (the County WWI history is online).
    My paperweights holding the photo open are not included in the sale.
    Just looking at transport records there are some interesting immigrant soldiers pictured. Last two photos are of PFC Chin Wah - a young man of Chinese origin who lived in San Francisco and New York.  On his 1921 passport application he is pictured, and has a quite distinctive mole on his cheek.  His friend to the right caught a bit of the camera's blur in the photo but is Sinn Ing, who was apparently affected by the Chinese Exclusion Act after the war. He shows up in both NY and California as well - so perhaps they followed the same path as close friends.  It actually looks like he is holding his fist in his palm, a traditional Chinese salute.