out, the Sergeant learns that the armistice had been signed  4 hours previously at 1100hrs, November 11, 1918. While talking with  the officer, the sergeant is cutting a piece of red cloth in the  shape of a number 1 which he says he will submit as a proposed  insignia for the division. However the shoulder sleeve insignia for  the 1st Division consisting of a red number "1" was already approved  on 31 Oct 1918.