Original U.S. WWII Travel Diary & Ribbon-Painted Camp Chair of Lieutenant Louis A. Childress with Provenance Note Spanish Helmets By the fall of 1862

By the fall of 1862 many of the regiment were quite disgruntled due to the failure of the government to make up the difference in pay

The Germans retreated leaving three dead men in the street in front of our gun position

button-like toggle called a netsuke

the 2nd Cavalry

From Christmas Eve 1944 through 14 May 1945

Original U.S. WWII Travel Diary & Ribbon-Painted Camp Chair of Lieutenant Louis A. Childress with Provenance Note Spanish Helmets By the fall of 1862Original Item. One of a Kind. This is an outstanding piece of WWII history, a painted camp chair with a tremendous provenance note attached to the bottom. The chair was carried in the bed roll of Lieutenant Louis A. Childress. The front of the chair is painted with the ribbons for the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with one campaign star and the Philippine Liberation Medal with one star (interestingly, he painted this ribbon upside down). The seat of