100th Division BSM PH Medal Recipient Grouping

Aviator Grouping

35th WOJG

91st Division MTO Veteran

Hello all! I wanted to share with you my most recent acquisition. This beautiful uniform belonged to a 1st Lieutenant in the 91st Infantry Division. His name is J o h n. J. Schreibeis and he was born in Wisconsin in 1920. He enlisted in Milwaukee, WI on October 9th 1942. Sometime during his career he was commissioned as an officer and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, The Presidential Unit Citation, and 3 Stars on his EAME Ribbon for the 91st's actions in the Rome-Arno, North Apennines, and Po-Valley Campaigns. The jacket itself is a rather hard to come by Army Regulation Officer's Ike Jacket with the Silk lining, Regulation Tag, and the QM tag also reads Officer's Field Jacket. It is a first for me as I thought it was just a normal EM's Ike when I first purchased it! The construction is much nicer comparing it to my other EM's though.

The grouping also came with Schreibeis' 91st Division unit history and a small religious felt/paper token which was found inside the jacket's inner breast pocket. It never ceases to amaze me what small treasures one can find by "Digging in the pockets"

I feel honored to own this uniform from a Division (and EAME Theater) that is rarely spoken of and forgotten.

Thank you for looking!

*If anybody has more information on Schreibeis I would love to know more about his time in service.

WW2 4th Infantry Division Uniform

The story of this brave veteran has a beggining like many others. He was born in 1919 and worked as a ticket clerk at the local railway in New York City. He enlisted in the Army in February of 1942. Coughlin was assigned to the 8th Infantry Regiment in the 4th Division and trained with the unit prior to being deployed in January of 1944. In the following months, it was decided that the famous ivy division would spearhead the charge for mainland europe by being the first unit to hit the beaches of Normandy. Coughlin's records indicate that he was wounded on D+4 (and also later on in November of that year)

This brave soldier not only received a Silver Star Medal and Purple Heart Medal w/ OLC for his heroic actions in the ETO, but a battlefield commission also. He was commissioned from a,SSgt to 2nd Lieutnant a month after landing in France. If only this uniform could talk to me and tell me the details of the footsteps that this Ivy Divisioner took. I was lucky enough to get some records with the uniform including (what must be a VERY rare) letter of commission.

The uniform is in gorgeous condition and it has his initials embroidered on to a tailors tag on the inside. Sterling CIB, All Pinback ribbon bars, machine sewn 4th Division patch (he was discharged from the 4th at Camp Butner so there isn't another on the other sleeve).

It is a centerpiece addition to my war room and I hope to display it for years to come.

Gus Burdi Documents to go with the 90th Division uniform I previously listed

501st PIR Diamond vs sideways square

D-Day Veteran 90th Division

This is the uniform of the above named veteran. He waded ashore Utah Beach on June 6th 1944 with 2 Battalions of the 359th Infantry Regiment. He was captured as a prisoner of war in St. Lo by the Germans in July.