Killer WWI US Engineer Uniform Group

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Hello everyone. Here is another great uniform set I recently picked up and this one in particular has most of the bells and whistles one could ask for. The set consists of tunic, breeches, overseas cap, and a Sam Browne belt, all of which are named. I have been able to do some research and find quite a bit of info about the soldier and I will include the information below. The coat is a French tailor made uniform featuring the "Essayon" engineer buttons made by Maurice Bourdon in Paris. There is one overseas stripe and the typical honorable discharge chevron. The overseas cap is tailor made as well and features red and white engineer piping which is not too common. But enough with the info about the set, here is a short write-up I put together of his service.

Thanks for looking,

Mike

 

1st Lieutenant Henry Christian Cronemeyer, Beaver, Pennsylvania

Company C, 28th Engineer Regiment (Quarry), United States Army

Born January 30, 1877 to William C. and Caroline (Breuninger) Cronemeyer

Commissioned June, 1917

Engineer Officer’s Training Camp from Sept. 2, 1917 to Dec. 3, 1917

307th Engineer Regiment from Dec. 10, 1917 to Jan. 19, 1918

28th Engineer Regiment from Jan. 21, 1918 to Oct. 17, 1918

H.Q. Engineer Supply in Tours, France from Nov. 3, 1918 to Dec. 12, 1918

Bordeaux Embarkation Camp from Dec. 13, 1918 to Jan. 21, 1919

Office of the Chief of Engineers in Washington, D.C. from Feb. 7, 1919 to April 8, 1919

Served Overseas from June 30, 1918 to Feb. 7, 1919

Honorably Discharged on April 8, 1919

Died- February 6, 1968

Buried in Beaver Cemetery in Beaver, Pennsylvania