RARE WWII Guidon HQ 1rst Battery, 108 Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion NY

RARE WWII Guidon; HQ 1rst Battery, 108 Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion New York. Measures 19 x 30 inches. Excellent condition -- some cracking in the "H" & "Q".

Would look great mounted and framed. HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY 108TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BRIGADE. Constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as the 514th Coast Artillery. Organized in October 1923 with Headquarters at Schenectady, New York.

Inactivated 1 January 1938 at Schenectady, New York; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 1 March 1942 at Camp Davis, North Carolina. Regiment broken up 20 January 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Coast Artillery Group.

(1st Battalion as the 217th Coast Artillery Battalion; 2d Battalion as the 639th Coast Artillery Battalion; 3d Battalion as the 363d Coast Artillery Searchlight Battalion - hereafter separate lineages). Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Coast Artillery Group, reorganized and redesignated 26 May 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Inactivated 14 December 1945 in Germany.

Activated 25 September 1956 at Los Angeles, California. Redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Artillery Group.

Inactivated 26 August 1960 at Fort MacArthur, California. Activated 1 May 1967 at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Inactivated 22 November 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 21 November 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Air Defense Artillery Group, and activated in Germany. Reorganized and redesignated 16 July 1983 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade.