UNIFORMS

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BR112 Artillery Shell Jacket

Union Artillery Corporals Shell Jacket
MINT un-issued condition. 12 button front. Beautiful red piping is excellent. Interior lining also in mint condition. All seams and stitching are tight. Right sleeve is marked with 2 dots and blurred inspector stamp. Left sleeve has no marks.
$5,500.00 - BR112 

BR115 Staff Officers Coat

Union Staff Officers Frock Coat
MINT condition throughout. Staff Captains single border shoulder straps.  Tailor's label in collar "Manufactured by E. Hughes Washington DC".  Interior waist buckle is complete and tight. Fold over black velvet collar, 9 button front, staff buttons on front and tails. NY State buttons on cuffs.
$14,000.00 - BR115

Artillery Major Short Coat
Excellent condition, Union officer's shell jacket with no mothing. Extra rich Artillery Majors Triple Boarder Shoulder straps. 14 Button Front (2 rows of 7) Eagle A buttons ~ 6 Eagle A cuff buttons (3 per cuff). Lining has been professionally restored with period lining materials by Lynn Gorges.
$11,000.00 - BR118

BR121 Artillery Musician Jacket

Union Artillery Musician Shell Jacket
11 button front. Wool and piping are mostly excellent condition w/ slight mothing on right cuff.  Minor stain on reverse side of piping left cuff and a small area of dried glue on reverse side of left cuff.  There is a 2" separation in the left underarm seam and a small ½" separation on right arm seam. Size "1" and dot marking in right arm with "12" and one dot in left arm.
$12,000.00 - BR121

BR123 Cavalry Musician

Union Cavalry Musician Shell Jacket
12 Button front. Jacket is in overall very fine condition with some slight fading to piping. Light mothing on right sleeve. Lining is worn.  Both right and left arm holes are stamped size "2" left arm is stamped "SA" for Skuykill Arsenal.                                                                 $12,500.00 - BR123

Artillery Sergeants Shell Jacket w/
NCO Shoulder Scales
12 Button front shell jacket. Exterior wool is in fine condition with one repair under left arm. Piping and Sgt. stripes are tight and in like condition. NCO shoulder scales have proper attachments. Right sleeve lining is size "4" and maker marked with blurred company name "/ New York / 3 Nov. 64" contract date. Both sleeves have marks which have been previously cut out.  Unknown stamping on interior back lining with several small seam repairs around collar and sleeve lining.
$5,500.00 - BR125

Heavy Artillery Sgt. Frock Coat with Trousers  
9 Button frock with Sgt. stripes on both sleeves. Front, sleeve and tail buttons are all standard Eagle buttons. Wool material is in excellent condition with no holes or mothing. There are some seam thread separations at the collar and the left cuff at the piping. The interior shoulder lining has some fraying on the green linen liner and a small tear in the leaf rear, brown polished cotton tail pocket.  Right sleeve is stamped size "1" and maker marked "J.B. Boylan, Newark, NJ / Nov 3d 1864". Boylan had a contract for 25,000 artillery uniform coats on Nov. 3, 1864 in Newark. Left sleeve has a very light maker stamp. The repairs needed are very minor and for stabilization only. 
Dark blue wool trousers have wide red artillery stripes down both legs. Some mothing and repair around the fly, one suspender button missing on the rear. All other stitching seems to be tight and complete.  Inside waist band has 2 dots sizing.
$27,500.00 - BR126

Civil War Forage Cap ~ McDowell Pattern
SUPERB CONDITION! This is a classic, tall brimmed forage cap, often seen in photography of Civil War soldiers, and often referred to as a bummer's cap. This kepi is in fine condition. Body shows little or no damage and no discernible moth damage at all. Stitching is tight, internally and externally. Black cotton liner is intact with maybe a few loose stitches. Patent leather sweatband is 1-3/8" tall with sewn inner edge. Old, folded newspaper is used as backing behind sweatband. Chin strap is attached with eagle "I" buttons. Leather brim shows little wear with only minor crazing to black surface. This is as fine a condition Union forage cap that can be found!
$6895.00 - JS334

Officers Forage Cap  
The blue wool body of the cap is in tact with a few slight moth holes and some minor wear around the top flat edge.  The chin strap is original with one eagle staff button and one civilian flower button. The interior has a 1 7/8" sweatband which is complete and a silk lining. The interior crown is maker marked "Horstmann Bros. & Co. / Military Furnishers / Fifth & Cherry Sts./ Philadelphia." Would show nicely in any collection.
$4895.00 - JS336

Civil War Officers Forage Cap
w/ Staff Buttons

Dark blue wool broad cloth in similar shape of an enlisted man's forage cap. The front rises 4 1/2", back seam is 6 1/2", crown is 5 1/2" in diameter.  The visor is of the duckbill variety, measuring 6 3/4" wide with stitched binding. The chin strap is of tarred leather with a sheet brass buckle and secured by two 3-piece Civil War general staff buttons. The interior is lined in black silk. The crown is quilted with diamond shaped stitching.  The forage cap has a 1 1/2" wide brown leather sweatband. Condition is very good.  Several areas of mothing in the front folds of the forage cap.  There are other minor holes at the base and toward the rear and on the crown. The hat is original however the sweatband appears to be a replacement.
$4295.00 - JS284

Cotton Haversack
Excellent overall condition and probably unused. This style is a pattern generally associated with Massachusetts troops. Maker mark (not legible) is stamped on the inside of the flap.
$1200.00 - BR114

Officers Simulated Embroidered Infantry Horn Hat Insignia
Stamped Brass Horn with hooks on back.
$325.00 - UN210

Artillary Hat Insignia - Crossed Cannons

Artillery Hat Insignia
Brass Crossed Cannons on black felt.
$425.00 - UN215

NY Militia Artillery Officer's Hat Insignia

New York Militia Artillery Officer's Hat Insignia
$595.00 - UN216

1st  Vol. Corps Dress Epaulettes
Civil War Era or Earlier. Gold bullion embroidery in excellent condition.
$425.00 - UN217

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