Non Civil War coat

[major bill]

I was going to try to fool you guys but I think this is to easy to identify. Well a few may be fooled for a very very short time.

 

[major bill]

lose up of the sword and sword belt. ID the crown and you are there.

 

[mofederal]

It looks like a Prussian Crown from my view.

 

[major bill]

It looks like a Prussian Crown from my view.

No not Prussian. I did think we would have folks that recognized this uniform quickly.

 

[Cpl. Smith]

Austrian?

 

[major bill]

Think of a state that had a royal family crown.

 

[major bill]

This is a uniform of the Army of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

 

[Cpl. Smith]

This is a uniform of the Army of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

What!!! Mind blown.

 

[UCVRelics]

Would never have guessed that.

 

[major bill]

Alex de Quesada set up a couple tables of Kingdom of Hawaii gear at the Company of Military Historians Convention in Nashville last week. You do not see a lot of Kingdom of Hawaii uniforms and equipment all that often.

When I first walked up to the tables I thought it looked European.

 

[major bill]