Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Officer’s Summerweight M1908 Pike Gray Tunic French & Indian War through the woods and onto

through the woods and onto the road

German markings and an additional clip on blasting charge

The travels of of this group were chronicled in the book The Story of the 1637th Engineers

which is marked clearly on the lid: "Luftschutz-Ehrenzeichen 2

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Officer’s Summerweight M1908 Pike Gray Tunic French & Indian War through the woods and ontoOriginal Item: Only One Set Available. Now this is a rare, lovely condition WWI summerweight field uniform tunic as worn by a 1t Lieutenant during WWI. This is the type of uniform that would have been worn in a desert hot environment. The long standing white infantry uniforms were replaced in the later half of the 19th century with dark blue tunics, which in turn were replaced by the pike gray M1908 uniform used in the initial stages of World War I,