Billw12280
Sergeant
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2017
Alright uniform experts, I just received this frock coat that was sold as an 1879 Artillery officers frock coat. After I received the coat I started questioning the date. The buttons on the front of the coat are backmarked Shannon, Miller, and Grant which would date it post war but the bottom 2 buttons are NYSA and are not original to the coat which leads me to believe the other buttons may not be original either. The cuff buttons are D. EVANS SUPERFINE which could be ACW period? The interior of the coat has the greenish quilted lining and the interior pockets are brown material while the sleeve lining is plain white cotton. The epaulette attachment pieces also appear to have been added at a later date (you can see where they were sewn through the quilted lining). The coat measures 30" from shoulder to unhemmed bottom with the waistline being halfway down at the hip. The sleeves are ballooned to 8" and there is some gathering at the shoulder seam. Could this be an ACW frock that was altered to the 1879 regulations or is this just wishful thinking?