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Military Dress Coat

1961-22-3

Gray swallow tail coat; single breasted but with three columns of buttons across front when closed; each row of buttons visually connected by double band of dark grey ribbon; high collar decorated with rectangules of gold braid - stuffed and edged with grey ribbon; cloth loops on shoulders for insignia; lower sleeves elaborately decorated with a vertical black patch with four rectangles of stuffed braid with brass buttons in front; patch repeated on tails; tails also have a gold cord and sequin insignia (leaves atop a disc) at the base and the edges of the tails are outlined in black; only one pocket - interior of left tail

7th New York Regiment coat worn by Augustus Holley Bissel

ca. 1900

• wool