Model 1854
date: label: associated date
content: 1854
notes: label: Description
content: Frock Coat, Army, Sergeant Major, Infantry, Model 1854. Single breasted dark blue wool coat with nine brass eagle infantry "I" buttons down the front, two on each cuff and two at the back waist. The collar is bordered with a light blue wool fabric. The same fabric is used on the cuff to form a point. There is a hook and eye at the front of the collar. There is a brass numeral 1 on each side of the collar. There are brass shoulder scale mountings on each shoulder. There are also four eyelet holes on each shoulder. Light blue lace Sergeant Major's chevrons are stitched to the upper area of each sleeve. The coat front is lightly padded and quilted. There is section of wool sewn for reinforcement under the arm hole. It is lined with dark blue cotton and wool fabric. The lining of the sleeves is cotton. Stamped on the lining of the both sleeves are two brown dots. Two pockets of brown glazed cotton are sewn into the coattails.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.22823 [dup1]
label: accession number
content: 64127
label: catalog number
content: 22823
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coat
label: Other Terms
content: Coat; Man; Army; Infantry; Enlisted Man; Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: dark blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: light blue (trim color)
label: Physical Description
content: lace (chevrons material)
label: Physical Description
content: light blue (chevrons color)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 in x 17 in; 86.36 cm x 43.18 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 35 in x 19 in x 5 in; 88.9 cm x 48.26 cm x 12.7 cm