RARE WW1 US ARMY 92ND "BUFFALO SOLDIER" INFANTRY DIVISION - COL. MUNSON PHOTO For Sale

ORIGINAL!RARE! WW1 US ARMY 92ND "BUFFALO SOLDIER" INFANTRY DIVISION - COL. MUNSON PHOTO

WW1 US ARMY 92ND "BUFFALO SOLDIER" INFANTRY DIVISION - COLONEL MUNSON PHOTO

[ WW1 US ARMY 92ND "BUFFALO SOLDIER" INFANTRY DIVISION COLONEL MUNSON POSES IN FRANCE BY HIS 1917-18 DODGE HARDTOP STAFF CAR WITH APAINTEDNUMBER US16247ON ITS SIDEALONG WITH ARARE ITERATION OF THE 92ND "BUFFALO SOLDIER" DIVISION EMBLEM (A AMERICAN BUFFALO HEAD IN A CIRCLE) ABOUT SEPTEMBER 1918.]

[The 92nd Infantry Divisionwas anAfrican American, later mixed, infantry division of the United States

Army that servedin World War I. The military was racially segregated at the time. The division was organized

in October 1917,after the U.S. entry into WW1, at Camp Funston, Kansas, with African

American soldiers from all states. In 1918, before leaving for France, the AmericanShoulder sleeve insignia

buffalo was selected as the divisional insignia due to the "Buffalo Soldiers" nickname,given to African American cavalrymen in the 19th century. The divisional nickname, "Buffalo Soldiers Division",was inherited from the 366th Infantry, one of the first units]

HAND OPAQUED FRENCH ID'd IN THE LOWER RIGHT NEGATIVE:

Colonel Munson 34e Infie (34e régiment d'infanterie)

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Colonel Munson (with the French)34 regiment Infantry

(The French 87th Territorial Infantry Division and the U.S. 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Infantry Division both operated in the St. Dié sector of the Vosges Mountains under the command of the French 7th Army during WW1 with the French Army 34th Regiment frequently associated with the French 7th Army in the same sector and mountainsthroughout the war.)

PERIOD HAND ID'd ON THE REVERSE:

Our regimental Colonel.

Munsen. [sic] (Munson.)

DIMENSIONS: 4 1/4" x6 11/16"

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