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Please note the box (1917) so these are the US troops as they first appeared in Europe with the laced gaiters and campaign hats. The fore and aft hats were originally sourced from sources as varied as Belgium and France sometimes complete with tassels. They were in all kinds of shapes and sizes so you could use just about anything for them.
Nothing saying you couldn't get the gasmasks and helmets from another set and put them in the trenches but that'd be early US involvement not the later 1918 offensives.
And now there is a source for lemon squeezer hats for later New Zealand troops.
Photos do exist with Doughboys wearing the laced Leggings AND British Mk.I Helmets in 1917, as they completed their training in France. The wrap-around Puttees that we are familiar with as seen in many of the 1918 photographs of US Troops came a little later.
Officers were required to furnish their own footwear and "Garrison Uniforms", (Class A), which were Khaki, were hand-tailored and cut in finer cloth, rather than the rough wool that Enlisted Ranks were issued. These Officers' Khaki Uniforms should not be confused with the hand-tailored BLUE "Mess Uniforms", which were worn for formal State Occasions, Formal Dances, Weddings, Award Ceremonies, etc. The Officers' Khaki Uniforms were made in two styles, with "open collars", worn with shirt and tie, and in a "stand-up collar" style. Light Summer Whites were also worn in Summer and warmer climates. These Summer Whites were also hand-tailored, and fitted with the same two styles of collars as the Khaki Uniforms. The Blue Mess Uniforms were made in three styles; with "stand-up collar", "open collar" and "open collar" with conventional tails, and in a formal "Tuxedo" style, i.e short-waisted with long tails...
These different Officers' Uniforms were expensive, and young Officers were hard put to buy and maintain them, unless they were wealthy.
In the case of the US Marines, "Dress Blues" were privately purchased by Enlisted and Officer personnel, alike...
The Riding Boots of the Officers were made by different manufacturers and were usually finished in tanned Russet Brown, or in a warm "Yellowish Brown", either in a conventional "full lace-up" style from the bottom up to the top, or in a partial "lace-up" style, which reached to the top of the ankle, over which matching leather "side-buckle-up calves" were fastened. These Riding Boots reached to just below the knee, as seen with the "lace-up" Riding Boots. "Sam Browne" Belts could be tanned either in Russet Brown, or in the aforementioned "Yellowish Brown"...
Billed "Garrison Caps" were made in Khaki, White, and Blue, whereas US-made "fore-and-aft" caps were made in Khaki only, and were seen in the US even before the United States Army formed the AEF...
Campaign Hats, both Officers' and Enlisted Troops', came into use in the 1880s and continued to be used by all personnel until shortly after Pearl Harbor. As we all know, Campaign Hats are still in use today by the US Army's and US Marines' Drill Instructors...
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