PRE WWII M1926 EM Khaki Service Coat •124th INF REGT FLORIDA NTL GRD Early 1930s

Description: For your consideration is this Hard to Find M1926 Enlisted Khaki Service Coat. This was used by a Battalion Supply Sgt of the 124th Infantry Regiment, Florida Army National Guard of the 31st Infantry Division. This coat dates before 1940 as the 124th was reassigned from the 31st during 1940. This is a private purchase coat and looks very nice. There is a brown stain mid tunic on the viewers left or the tunic’s right side. It’s brown. It looks like it is from red clay that is prevalent in northern Florida. The patch is a nice early 1930’s felt patch and the Type II COLLAR DISC’s are pre-1934. This is a true nice piece of Southern History. 124th Infantry Regiment, Florida Army National Guard, 31st Infantry Division (Dixie Division) The regiment was organized 1884–1892 in the Florida State Troops from new and existing companies as the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Battalions of Infantry, with headquarters at Jacksonville, Ocala, Pensacola, Gainesville, and Arcadia, respectively. 124th Infantry Regiment Interwar Years In 1920–1921, the 1st Infantry Regiment was reorganized in the Florida National Guard, with the headquarters federally recognized 4 June 1921 at Jacksonville. The designations of the 30th, 31st, and 39th Divisions had been offered to the Fourth Corps Area in 1920-1921; the designations of the 30th and 39th Divisions were selected. The 31st Division, along with the 42nd Division, became the two divisions to be deleted from the postwar 18-division National Guard force structure. During World War I, the 31st Division was made up of troops from Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, while the 39th Division was made up of troops from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi; in the postwar reorganization, the 39th Division had troops from Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The 154th Infantry Regiment, which had been made up of Arkansas troops during World War I, was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921, allotted to the state of Florida, relieved from assignment to the 31st Division, and assigned to the 39th Division. The 154th Infantry was reorganized on 19 December 1921 by the redesignation of the 1st Infantry Regiment, Florida National Guard. In 1923, the adjutants general of the affected states petitioned the War Department that the designation of the 39th Division be changed to the 31st Division, as most state units now assigned to the 39th Division had served in the 31st Division during World War I. On 1 July 1923, the 39th Division was redesignated as the 31st Division (less the Arkansas elements) and the 154th Infantry was concurrently relieved from assignment to the 39th Division, redesignated as the 124th Infantry, and assigned to the 31st Division. In September 1926, September 1928, and September 1935, the regiment was called up to perform relief work and maintain order after strong hurricanes hit South Florida. From 31 May to 6 June 1927, the 3rd Battalion performed riot duty in Tampa, protecting a jailed accused killer from an angry mob; five rioters were killed by the Guardsmen defending the jail. Periodically between July 1929 and June 1930, the 1st Battalion and elements of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions performed guard duties in connection with the Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine in South Florida. In March 1933, Company H guarded Giuseppe Zangara, the would-be assassin of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, before his execution at the Florida State Prison at Raiford. From 7 to 9 June 1932, Companies A and B were used for guard and security duties in connection with the visit of Cuban national officials to Hollywood, Florida. In March 1935, elements were used for guard and security duties in connection with the visit of President Roosevelt to Winter Park, Florida. The 124th Infantry conducted its annual summer training period at Camp Joseph E. Johnston or Camp J. Clifford R. Foster, Florida, and some years at Camp McClellan, Alabama. The regiment was inducted into active federal service at Jacksonville on 24 November 1940, and moved to Camp Blanding, Florida, where it arrived on 18 December 1940. In this period, the regiment participated in the Carolina and Louisiana Maneuvers.

Price: 250 USD

Location: Chesnee, South Carolina

End Time: 2024-10-04T12:48:07.000Z

Shipping Cost: 20 USD