Definitely looks like WW1 Thew reverse chevron's and buttons are both from that era.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
more...
http://www.frankscollection.com/military/wwi/
http://www.aefsupply.com/ww1.htm
http://www.schipperfabrik.com/
http://www.warscholar.com/WWI.html
Books
http://www.amazon.com/Uniforms-of-the-Grea...m/3K8ILZ3LTIU6E
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Okay,
Heres the skivy on this particular jacket. This is a M-1912 Summer Dress Coat, Khaki. The unit displayed is the U.S. 55th Infantry Regiment, which was assigned to the U.S. 7th Infantry Division(Hourglass) during WWI. The U.S. 7th Infantry Division was formed at Camp Wheeler, Georgia(just south of Atlanta) in 1917 and, served in the Lorraine Campaign of 1918.
Regards,
Sgt. James Dunigan III
Able Co., U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 3rd Infantry Division(Reenacted)
"ROCK OF THE MARNE!"
Sgt. James F. Dunigan, III(NCOIC)
U.S. 3RD DIVISION LIVING HISTORY COMPANY
Thanks Marne for the info!
Nicholas Hopper
Newman Lake, WA
<i>Helping to keep our Military History Alive!</i>
1945 Willy MB 3/12/1945
WWII Reenacting-Army Group 1944
www.armygroup1944.com