Mexican War Rank Stripes

[DuckNachos99]

I just bought these rank stripes and was told they were from the Indian Wars. To the best of my knowledge, white rank stripes weren't used or at least weren't common during this time period. I thought they may actually be from the Mexican War era. Were there white rank stripes post-Civil War? If not, are these from the Mexican War.

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

The Army went back to using white as a branch of service color for Infantry around I think it was 1885.

Not sure about these, the shape is all wrong for both eras, at least it looks that way to me. But I'm not an expert....

 

[major bill]

Yes for a while the U.S. Army wore white chevrons after the Civil War. White NCO chevrons were worn during the Spanish American War.

 

[Package4]

I just bought these rank stripes and was told they were from the Indian Wars. To the best of my knowledge, white rank stripes weren't used or at least weren't common during this time period. I thought they may actually be from the Mexican War era. Were there white rank stripes post-Civil War? If not, are these from the Mexican War.View attachment 390379View attachment 390380View attachment 390381

Hard to tell from the photos, but if there is machine stitching on the reverse, then you know that they are not Mexican War era. They appear to be corporal stripes, but the area of demarcation is also white, very peculiar. I wonder if they are European?

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

They look European. In my opinion they look British. However they could be from any matter of countries. They are nice though.

Respectfully,
Kyle Kalasnik

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

They look European. In my opinion they look British. However they could be from any matter of countries. They are nice though.

Respectfully,
Kyle Kalasnik

They do have a strong British look don't they? Can't believe I didn't notice that.

 

[mofederal]

I think those are stripes were worn from 1883. They are machine sewn, Mexican War stripes would have been hand stitched. The images shown below are hand stitched.

 

[mofederal]

1846 Rank Pattern Point Down.

1847 Mexican War Pattern Worn Point Up. Used until 1851.

 

[mofederal]

Typical hand sewing done on Mexican War Chevrons.

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

I think those are stripes were worn from 1883. They are machine sewn, Mexican War stripes would have been hand stitched. The images shown below are hand stitched.

So those would have been worn by the US Army in the 1880s?

 

[mofederal]

Yes, but are still very nice.

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

Yes, but are still very nice.

Yessum they are very nice indeed. If I collected chevrons, I'd would be begging to buy those.