Beginning WWI collection

[AmericanKraut]

I have just been given the ww1 aircore tunic I posted earlier that was my wife's great grandfathers! I recently picked up a few things to display with it including a wwI aircore campaign hat, scarf, overseas cap, and an ammo belt.
I will be expanding my focus from mainly WWII to include WWI as well.
enjoy

sorry for the upside down pictures my phone flipped them

[relicz]

Very Cool piece especially with the family provenace!

I've never really drawn a distinction between the war periods as far as my own collecting. Cool and interesting militaria has always appealed to me no matter the period, especially items with traceable provenance.

[SteveR]

Nice tunic.
Normally enlisted pilots wings were worn on the left shoulder.
Enlisted pilots uniforms are rare even the ones that did not serve overseas.

[AmericanKraut]

Thanks guys I have heard that the enlisted pilots tunics were pretty rare, let alone a pilots tunic from WWI! I am pleased with it and I had to get the campaign hat when I found it, am I correct that it would be a WWI hat with a air core cord? So it would be ok to display with the tunic?

[reneblacky]

Lovely set, but I do hate having to stand upside down
The service cap should have branch of service not the US collar dog

[guns ltd]

great looking Tunic. I too have began collecting WWI items to expand my collecting.
Thanks for showing us.

John

[AmericanKraut]

Lovely set, but I do hate having to stand upside down
The service cap should have branch of service not the US collar dog

Thanks for flipping them Rene

[reneblacky]

Thanks for flipping them Rene

No worries Mate - Grab the WW1 stuff while it's still priced reasonably hey