Original U.S. WWI North Russian Polar Bear Expedition 339th Infantry Overseas Cap & Postcard Grouping - John Soma Jr. Sharps Rifle Chancellorsville Campaign

Chancellorsville Campaign

All items are in solid condition

It has the correct panels with squared scallops to the front and forward sides

having been protected by the protected by the portepee

and in December 1941 had its nomenclature changed to “Type A-9

Original U.S. WWI North Russian Polar Bear Expedition 339th Infantry Overseas Cap & Postcard Grouping - John Soma Jr. Sharps Rifle Chancellorsville CampaignOriginal Items. One of a Kind Group. This is the small polar bear grouping of Private John Soma Jr., Headquarters Company, 339th Infantry Regiment, North Russian Expedition, who was with the original contingent of the regiment. The grouping consists of a postcard sent home by Soma while in Archangel, his overseas cap, his VFW overseas cap with a rare polar bear patch, and his VFW patch. The postcard is addressed to Miss Mabel Garbarino in Detroit,