Any soldier, sailor, or Marine who served anywhere between the French port cities and the beginning of the Zone of Advance did not qualify for a gold War Service Chevron unless part of that six month period was served in a forward position. Typically, this area included the front line trenches and the twelve or so miles of territory directly behind them. The Zone of Advance was considered by the AEF, to be where a line soldier could expect to be either under direct fire from the enemy in an opposing trench line or within range of the opponent’s large caliber artillery and gas shells. One gold War Service Chevron was awarded for each six month period that a soldier, sailor or Marine served in the Zone of Advance. Its purpose was to signify that the wearer had served in the “Zone of Advance”, overseas in France during the Great War. The ‘V’ shaped chevron was initially issued in one color … gold. 6, dated Januauthorized the officers and enlisted men of America’s Army, Navy and Marine Corps to wear a War Service Chevron or what collectors today call an “Overseas Stripe”. January 1918: Gold War Service Chevron Adopted Also if you can think of something that should be included which I may have overlooked, please drop me a PM. please contact me via a personal message here on the forum. Any member wishing to contribute photos, etc. Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (Shoulder Patches)Īs such, I am actively seeking the best possible photographs, and or information regarding anything pertinent to the above subjects.I plan to follow this post with additional threads, more or less in the following order on: So please feel free to claim ownership of any of the photographs that I’ve used.Īs always, everyone is welcome to post any relevant comments, questions, corrections, theories and hopefully photographs that may improve our knowledge on the subject or otherwise advance or improve the topic.īy the way, this is just the first of several posts on AEF “Sleeve Insignia”. But to backtrack and search the forum for hundreds of photographs would have been an impossible task. As a result of my laziness I’m unable to give credit where credit is due. Because I’ve downloaded so many photos over the years for personal reference, I didn’t note to whom they belonged. Members will also notice that I’ve lifted numerous photos that were posted elsewhere on the forum by other members to help illustrate this particular post. I plan to continue this practice in other parts of AEF Sleeve Insignia to show as many variations of AEF insignia as possible. This was done to add a bit of color to the thread and to save me from putting together what would be an impossibly long post on WW I army, corps and division insignia. Therefore I scraped together what little information I could, both textual and visual, in the hopes that it may clarify some of the commonly asked questions regarding the gold, light blue and silver chevrons that appear on the lower left sleeve of so many WW I and AEF service coats.Īnyone with the fortitude to read this rather lengthy post in its entirety will notice that I’ve gone “off topic” in respect to AEF shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI). Questions concerning the ‘Overseas Stripes’ as used by the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) and stateside units during WW I seem to arise on the Forum with some regularity. Gold, Light Blue & Silver War Service Chevrons
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