Mar 20, 2025 - Sale 2697

Sale 2697 - Lot 296

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MILITARY--WORLD WAR ONE.) Paul S. Bliss. Victory: History of the 805th Pioneer Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces. 2 color plates, numerous illustrations. 223, [1] pages. Quarto, 10½ x 7½ inches, original gilt and blind-stamped cloth, minor wear; hinge split after page 32. [Minneapolis: Augsburg Printing, 1919]

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Celebrates the service of the men in the 805th Pioneer Infantry, an all-black regiment, which saw 39 days of action in France. Includes full rosters and copious photographs.