Original U.S. WWI 28th Division M1902 Officer’s Sword Presented to Prisoner of War Lieutenant Edward Hitzeroth with Engraved Scabbard - Saved Men from Capture Uniforms Sometimes called the "Tommy Jacket"

Sometimes called the "Tommy Jacket"

The jacket is unnamed but does bear a laundry number

conducted a shore-to-shore amphibious assault on

This scabbard has crisp pebbled panels and the oak leaves to the carrying bands are nicely detailed with the pebbling in the backgrounds

Original U.S. WWI 28th Division M1902 Officer’s Sword Presented to Prisoner of War Lieutenant Edward Hitzeroth with Engraved Scabbard - Saved Men from Capture Uniforms Sometimes called the "Tommy Jacket"Original Item. One of a Kind. This is the tremendously engraved M1902 Officers saber of 1st Lieutenant Edward Hitzeroth, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division. The sword was presented to Hitzeroth by members of the 2nd Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry on July 11th, 1914. Hitzeroth had served in this troop from June 4th, 1898 until August 5th, 1917, when he was transferred to the 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division. In the Battle of Chateau Thierry