M1931 Cavalry Service Guidon; "F" Troop 15th Cavalry Regiment, (Mechanized) 1942

Description: M1931 Cavalry Service Guidon; "F" Troop, 15th Cavalry (Mechanized). US Cavalry Corps 1942 LAST OF THE HORSE CAVALRY BEGINNING OF MECHANIZED CAVALRY For your consideration is this beautiful and extremely rare WWII 15th Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized) guidon. This is a very early war piece. This piece dates from 1940-1942. This guidon is silk on wool and you can see that both tips of the guidon are tattered. This is most likely from being flown from a mechanized vehicle. You will NOT see another one like this. U.S. Army Red over White Guidon, Troop F, 15th US Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized) construction. This is a US Model 1931 Service Guidon. During 1931 the Army adopted today's smaller 27" x 19" guidon a foot shorter in length, half a foot shorter in width and only halfthe surface area of the previous style of guidon that had been used since 1830. This type of Guidon is a Service Guidon. The wool guidon was introduced in 1895 and was originally intended as a drill andfield replacement for the formal silk guidon that was reintroducedin 1931 as the smaller guidon of 27" by 19". 15th Cavalry Regiment, Mechanized The 15th Cavalry was originally constituted on February 2, 1901 and organized February 12, 1901 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California and then sent for service in the Philippines. It was not assigned to any division but existed as an independent unit until it was inactivated on October 18, 1921 at Fort A.D. Russell, Wyoming. In 1927 it was reactivated as a reserve unit in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1940 with the limited mobilization it was redesigned the 15th Cavalry Regiment, Horse and Mechanized. It was activated on March 22, 1942 as the 15th Cavalry Regiment, Mechanized but on March 1, 1944 was inactivated and its components converted into certain mechanized cavalry reconnaissance units. Its distinctive Insignia, approved April 6, 1935, features a golden lion from the arms of the city of Bordeaux recalling its World War One service and crossed kris, recalling its service in the Philippine Insurrection. Its mottoTous pours un, un pours tousmeans "All for one, one for all" in French.

Price: 1250 USD

Location: Chesnee, South Carolina

End Time: 2024-09-28T04:30:10.000Z

Shipping Cost: 25 USD