Shoulder straps worn by Major General John Rutter Brooke
name: label: user
content: Brooke, John Rutter
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Shoulder straps worn by United States Army Major General John Rutter Brooke. The two shoulder straps feature two five point stars on a black fabric field with gold metallic thread border. Brooke was brevetted major general of volunteers in 1864 and was made a major general in the regular army in 1897, retiring with that rank in 1902.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
label: Subject
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Major General John R. Brooke, USA (Ret.)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.22095
label: catalog number
content: 22095
label: accession number
content: 63543
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Insignia, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: insignia
label: Other Terms
content: Insignia, Pair of; Army; Shoulder Strap; Staff; Major General; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth (?? material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, boxed: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 13.335 cm x 4.445 cm