WW1 US ARMY M1894 TRENCH BUGLE 1916 DATED HORSTMAN

WW1 US Army Bugle M1894 Trench Bugle by Horstmann Philadelphia Depot. A continuing issue on the battle front is communications - since the beginning of the war. Voice does not carry, but a horn does. Biblically it was a Ram's horn; ultimately it was the bugle. The bugle had the carrying power to alert troops as to the first move-and the next moves. How many times has Hollywood offered us this phrase, "Bugler, sound the charge!"? Even through technology had advanced during WWI to the point where communication was available by telephone, that communication was not available everywhere. At the front, where the situation was fluid and changing, the old ways prevailed-runners and bugles. The M/1894 bugle, known as the trench bugle, was small but powerful, and easy to carry and use in the trenches. Multiple instrument manufactures made it under contract. This example was made by William H. Horstmann of Philadelphia to mil spec 1152, dated 6/28/16. Excellent with a few minor dings to the brass body.