WW1 US AIR SERVICE 608TH SQUADRON SILVER SET WWI

WW1 Silver Service set identified to Lt. Orme T. Standinger of the 608th Aero Supply Squadron. This set was presented to him and his wife by the enlisted men of his Squadron. The tray measures 18 1/2 inches X 12 3/4 and also includes a coffee pot, tea pot, covered sugar bowl, creamer and finally silver waist container. Each piece has his monogram as well as the insignia of the 608th Signal Air Service Assc. Each piece is marked to the bottom 9100 POOLE SILVER CO. TAUNTON MASS. NICKEL SILVER SHEFFIELD PLATE. Overall a very attractive set. 608th Aero Squadron was organized in January 1918. Organized as a Supply Squadron, Kelly Field, Texas. Transferred August 1918 to Mitchell Field, New York. Demobilized: September 1919. Constituted in the Organized Reserve (New York) as the 608th Supply Squadron 1 October 1933; Consolidated on 8 December 1936 with 608th Aero Squadron.