Description: *RARE* WWII Guidon; HQ 1rst Battery, 108 Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion New York Measures 19 x 30 inches. Excellent condition -- some cracking in the "H" & "Q". Would look great mounted and framed. HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY 108TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BRIGADEConstituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as the 514th Coast ArtilleryOrganized in October 1923 with Headquarters at Schenectady, New YorkInactivated 1 January 1938 at Schenectady, New York; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular ArmyActivated 1 March 1942 at Camp Davis, North CarolinaRegiment broken up 20 January 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Coast Artillery Group(1st Battalion as the 217th Coast Artillery Battalion; 2d Battalion as the 639th Coast Artillery Battalion; 3d Battalion as the 363d Coast Artillery Searchlight Battalion - hereafter separate lineages)Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Coast Artillery Group, reorganized and redesignated 26 May 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Antiaircraft Artillery GroupInactivated 14 December 1945 in GermanyActivated 25 September 1956 at Los Angeles, CaliforniaRedesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Artillery GroupInactivated 26 August 1960 at Fort MacArthur, CaliforniaActivated 1 May 1967 at Fort Riley, KansasInactivated 22 November 1971 at Fort Lewis, WashingtonRedesignated 21 November 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Air Defense Artillery Group, and activated in GermanyReorganized and redesignated 16 July 1983 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Air Defense Artillery BrigadeCAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War IINormandyNorthern FranceRhinelandCentral EuropeVietnamCounteroffensive, Phase IIITet CounteroffensiveCounteroffensive Phase IVCounteroffensive Phase VCounteroffensive Phase VITet 69/CounteroffensiveSummer-Fall 1969Winter-Spring 1970Sanctuary CounteroffensiveCounteroffensive Phase VIIConsolidation I
Price: 175 USD
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Region of Origin: United States
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
