Virtual ExhibitsTitle:
TRENCH COAT
Date:
ca. 1917-1919
Source:
Gift of Donna Reardon Foley
Object ID:
2015.72.24
Description:
"Left the woods and traveled toward the front again... Saw some awful sights... Several dead men, both our boys and huns... I didn't look at them anymore than I had to." -Thomas Walter Grimes, journal entry, November 9, 1918
American soldiers often supplemented military-issued gear with additional items, such as this Burberry trench coat.
American soldiers often supplemented military-issued gear with additional items, such as this Burberry trench coat.
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Trench Coat, 2015.72.24 (front)
Trench Coat, 2015.72.24 (back)
Trench Coat, 2015.72.24 (front)
Trench Coat, 2015.72.24 (back)
