RARE AEF WW1 US ARMY AVIATION SECTION SIGNAL CORPS 23rd BALLOON Co. ID FEB 1918 For Sale

ORIGINAL! RARE AEF! WW1 US ARMY AVIATION SECTION SIGNAL CORPS 23rd BALLOON Co. ID FEB 1918

RARE AEF! WW1 US ARMY AVIATION SECTION SIGNAL CORPS 23rd BALLOON Co. ID FEB 1918

WW1 US ARMY AVIATION SECTION SIGNAL CORPS 23rd BALLOON COMPANY of the5th BALLOON SQUADRONAIRMEN POSE AT RICH FIELD IN WACO, TEXAS SHORTLY BEFORE LEAVING FOR EMBARKATION TO FRANCE TO JOIN THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES ON THE FRONT. CIRCA FEBRUARY 1918 (ONE OF ONLY 35 BALLOON COMPANY'S TO REACH FRANCE DURING THE WAR).

THE OLIVE GREEN REVERSE LINER IS MADE FROM A LARGE PIECE OF WW1 US ARMY AVIATION - AIRSHIP SKIN MATERIAL.

HAND OPAQUED PERIOD ID'd IN THE NEGATIVE ON THE LOWER EDGE:

23 BALLOON CO. A.S.S.C. WACO ,TEXAS

Lt. Kenneth C.Oritt

Lt. Gail H. Mc Millin C.O. (Lt. Gail H. Mc Millon C.O.)

Lt. Clyde K. Kuntz

Allen E. Bardwell

Lt. Orin J. Bushey

WASSON PHOTO

BAY CITY MICH.

MANY FINE DETAILS CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT.

CONDITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME LIGHT HANDLING AND A LIGHT SURFACE CRACK ON THE LEFT EDGE FROM ITS 105 + YEARS.

CONDITION OF THE FRAME (NO GLASS) IS VERY FINE WITH HANDLING AND USE CONSISTENTWITH ITS105 + YEARS.

OUTER FRAME DIMENSIONS: 47 3/4" x 9 5/8"

SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST

SEPIA

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