Object Details
- Description
- Kaiser was a carrier pigeon who carried messages for the German Army during World War I; he was captured by American doughboys during the Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918 and was pressed into service for the Allies. After the war, he was sent to Ft. Monmouth, N.J., home of the U.S. Signal Corps; except for an interlude during World War II, when he was used in training homing pigeons at Camp Crowder, Missouri, he spent the rest of his long life (32 years) there. Upon his death in 1949, he was stuffed and mounted, and sent to the Smithsonian Institution
- Carrier pigeons like Kaiser and Cher Ami played an important role in both World Wars
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- ID Number
- AF.52826
- catalog number
- 52826
- Object Name
- Pigeon
- Physical Description
- feathers; glass; wire; wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 3/4 in x 7 in x 13 in; 19.685 cm x 17.78 cm x 33.02 cm
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_435210
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-46fb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
