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For your consideration is this Pre WWII M1926 Spec 8-31B Wool Service Coat Machine Gun Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Division Description:Design: A four-pocket olive-drab wool service coat featuring a notched lapel that could also be buttoned completely closed at the neck with a throat tab for winter weather.Timeline: Evolved from the original 1926 M1926 specification (Spec 8-31), transitioning through Spec 8-31A, updated to Spec 8-31B in 1933, and later succeeded by Spec 8-31C (1937) and Spec 8-31D (1940) leading into World War II.Material: Typically constructed of whipcord wool fabric with a cotton silk mix liningUsage: Widely worn by U.S. Army enlisted personnel during the interwar period from 1930 through 1933 alongside matching wool breeches, service caps, and wool shirts.Manufacturer: Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot Condition:
This is a museum quality coat and displays very nicely.Coat Contains:• M1926 Spec 8-31B Wool Service Coat
• M1926 Type II Collar Disc • “US 2”
Yellow Twill Disc
• M1926 Type II Collar Disc • “MG Crossed Sabers”
Yellow Twill Disc
• 2nd U.S. cavalry DI Screw Back x 2
• Qualification Badge • SWORD (Sterling Silver)
• WWI MedalHistory of MG Tr, 2d Cavalry Regiment The Machine Gun Troop of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, during the 1930s, maintaining horse-mounted machine gun capabilities before the U.S. Army transitioned toward mechanization.• Garrison: Fort Riley, Kansas.• Role: Provided heavy firepower (machine guns) to the horse cavalry regiment.• Transition: In the early 1940s, as the U.S. Army reorganized and mechanized, traditional horse cavalry machine gun troops were phased out or restructured into modern mechanized reconnaissance and weapons units.
