WWI US Army Air Forces Original Documents & Medals Group w/ Dog Tags Photos For Sale

FOR SALE: INTACT MUSEUM-GRADE WWI ARMY AIR SERVICE & ORDNANCE EXPERT ARCHIVESOLDIER: Pvt. Harry O. Cowan (1st Casual Co. Sec. 2 / Base Ordnance Depot 5)PROVENANCE RUN: Camp Hancock > Camp Merritt > AEF France > Issoudun Aviation CenterUp for outright sale is an exceptional, 100% complete single-soldier deployment archive tracking the full 1918-1919 timeline of Pvt. Harry Cowan. This lot has been professionally curated and organized into a stunning glass-enclosed display case, ready for direct exhibition.THE CROWN JEWEL ANCHORS INCLUDED:• DUAL HANDWRITTEN 1918-1919 COMBAT TRENCH DIARIES: Features two distinct journals ("The Soldier's Own Diary" and "A Line A Day" book). Most importantly, it contains a historic eyewitness entry written on the exact day of the Armistice (November 11, 1918) recording the immediate ceasefire on the ground in France, alongside detailed 1919 travel logs exploring Paris leaves.• PARIS TO ISSOUDUN MILITARY RAIL TICKET: Ultra-rare punched and serial-numbered card ticket proving his transit straight to the world's largest WWI aviation training facility (3rd Aviation Instruction Center). Highly targeted by U.S. Army Air Service collectors.• COMPLETED GLASS SHADOWBOX DISPLAY: Custom mounted containing his original 1918 Syracuse Army Training School Certificate, his official WWI Victory Medal with a solid brass "FRANCE" combat clasp, his original boxed delivery carton, his stenciled aluminum AEF Dog Tags on native cord, his 1918 Camp Hancock Machine Gun Center Identification Pass, two original lifetime photo portraits, and dual machine gun collar tabs.• HIGH-END UNIFORM AND FIELD GEAR INVENTORY: Pristine Lemaire Fabre Paris Field Binoculars securely paired with their rare "C.W.S." (Chemical Warfare Service) embossed black leather carrying case, his stenciled canvas document satchel detailing his home address in Syracuse, NY, an M1910 canvas haversack backpack, and heavy leather wrap-around puttees.• 55+COMMEMORATIVE POSTCARD ALBUM & ORIGINAL FIELD PAPERS: Includes rare handwritten letters home on official YMCA letterhead, original camp-printed field newspapers ("The Mehun News" A.P.O. 741 from March 1919), an ink-signed travel pass from April 1919, and a full album run of real-photo postcards tracking his path through Camp Hancock, Camp Merritt, Paris, and the Pyrenees leave centers.• WWII HOME-FRONT BONUS: Original large-format 1944 Army Air Forces Aircraft Warning Service Certificate issued to Pearl M. Cowan for coastal bomber watch service.

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