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WWII Chaplain Charles A. Earle Grouping

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WWII Chaplain Charles A. Earle Grouping
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This grouping consists of Earle's dress tunic, visor cap, sidecap, khaki service shirt, luggage bag, greatcoat, Chaplain kit, and ''Map Reading for the Soldier'' booklet with maps, and a binder containing information on Earle's military service. Most articles remain in excellent condition with typical long term storage wear, handling marks, and mild staining. The U.S. Army officer dress tunic remains a size 44S and is dated December 1, 1942, with insignia comprising officer brass ''U.S.'' collar pins, silver Chaplains cross lapel pins, silver Captain's pins on both epaulets, Army Ground Forces Replacement Depot patch on the right shoulder, Advance Section of the Communications Zone patch on the left shoulder (upside down), and awards listed as displayed: American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal. The visor cap and sidecap both remain in excellent condition with the visor cap retaining a Bancroft Uniform manufacturer tag on the inside crown and the sidecap exhibiting a silver Chaplains cross insignia on the front left side. The khaki cotton service shirt remains in excellent condition still starched and exhibits a faint ink stamped ''16-32''. The brown canvas luggage bag remains in very good plus condition with overall light handling marks and mild cracking on the leather hardware with the front displaying Earle's ink stamped name and service number. The handsome overcoat remains in excellent condition showing a few minor moth holes, wear around high traffic areas, and an exquisite rayon lining. The Chaplain kit includes two glass bottles with caps, two silver candle holders, silver cross with stand, silver Eucharist container, silver individual communion cup tray with all glass cups present, one sealed tin and one opened with no contents, and two unwrapped Eucharist paper tubes all housed within a black travel suitcase. The book on map reading for the soldier remains in excellent condition with light handling marks and mild edge wear with all maps accounted for. The included binder consists of a summary of Earle's military service, whereabouts, and personal records. Before the war, Captain Earle was a pastor in New Hampshire and enlisted in the U.S. Army on June 12, 1943, where he served at Fort Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts, and eventually was sent to England then France where he served until his honorable discharge on March 15, 1946. A rare grouping seldom seen on the open market. (28C11738-PV14) [John A. Micavich Collection] (1500/2000)