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RARE ORIGINAL WW1 API US COLLAR Disc Alabama Polytechnical institute pre Auburn

$ 76.55

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    Extremely RARE
    1918 WW1  Collar disk from the Alabama Polytechnical Institute. Which became Auburn University in 1960. This Collar Disk was only issued for 2 months  starting October 1,1918, all the students were signed up voluntarily to serve and train, and then the war ended, here is a quote from wickipedia with Interesting history
    "On October 1, 1918, nearly all of Alabama Polytechnic Institute's able-bodied male students 18 or older voluntarily joined the United States Army for short-lived military careers on campus. The student-soldiers numbered 878, according to API President Charles Thach, and formed the academic section of the Student Army Training Corps. The vocational section was composed of enlisted men sent to Auburn for training in radio and mechanics. The students received honorable discharges two months later following the Armistice that ended World War
    This is a very low number of these collar disks produced, and in the last 5 years I've only Seen 1 other.
    Here is your chance at a very rare piece of history that was only around for a short time and  from a now very Famous school!
    Good luck finding another!!!
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