United States. Eight First War Aef Services Of Supply Patches

Includes:

1. seven Advanced Section Patches: most in two-tone blue and red, one with white, in felt and/or embroidery, one with a brown cotton backer.

2. Intermediate Section Patch: incorporating five pieces of felt, on a browning-green wool base. Accompanied by an envelope, the masthead stating "War Department", with "Advance Section insignia" handwritten in black ink, with the right end torn off. Fine to near extremely fine.

Footnote: The Services of Supply (S.O.S.) was the support chain of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, England, Italy and the Netherlands during the First World War. (i) The Advance Section was headquartered at Neufchâteau, France, and charged with distributing supplies to the zone of operations. After U.S. units entered combat, depots in the Advance Section made up railroad trains which moved the supplies to division railheads; from there on, supplies were the responsibility of the divisions. The Advance Section area included the French Departments of Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Somme, Oise, Aisne, Ardennes, Marne, Aube, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Haute-Marne, Cote d'Or, Vosges, Haute-Saône, and Doubs and the Territoire de Belfort. (ii) The Intermediate Section was headquartered at Nevers, France, its territory covering all of France not included in the Advance Section or in any of the base sections. This section stored and classified supplies.