Original U.S. WWI Wounded Officer’s Uniform Jacket & Breeches with Scarce Railway Artillery Reserve Patch Made from French Horizon Blue Uniform nChannel A howitzer is a relatively

A howitzer is a relatively short barrelled gun that fires a comparatively heavy shell at moderate velocity on a high trajectory causing the shells to fall steeply or 'lob'  into the enemy positions

This example is marked on the top of the barrel with R

During the French Revolutionary Wars of the late 18th century

Original Item: One-of-a-kind-set

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Original U.S. WWI Wounded Officer’s Uniform Jacket & Breeches with Scarce Railway Artillery Reserve Patch Made from French Horizon Blue Uniform nChannel A howitzer is a relativelyOriginal Set. One of a Kind. This is one of the scarcest patches we have ever had on a WWI uniform, the RAR patch for the Railway Artillery Reserve, a very interesting unit which utilized the only American made artillery used in the war. Under this unit were six U. S. Naval Railway Batteries, the only Naval personnel to see combat in the major offensives on the Western Front. In November 1917, Rear Adm. Ralph Earle, the head of the Navys Bureau of