I have reached out to Gettysburgechos to let them know they are very misleading in their item descriptions. The reply that came back was insulting and fairly abusive, so there is no conscience with this seller. They currently have an original IW kepi that they claim to be a Maryland kepi, problem, it has Wisconsin buttons and the manufacturer wasn’t in business during the ACW. They are also selling a Cav jacket and Overcoats as originals that are not even close.
Barry used to sell good quality material, but now ventures into the misleading as well. I recently reached out to tell him that his listed Civil War Zouave kepi was actually a French WW1 kepi and he replied that he would look into it. The kepi subsequently sold for over $400.
eBay doesn’t care as they get the premium on anything that sells. There are actually much worse sellers who put very authentic artificially stressed reproductions that sell for thousands.
Beware of secondhandcollectables, revwarcannonballs, shopwith_mk and civilwargeneralcuster007.