US Coast Guard Academy Parade Dress Blue Jacket worn by Cadet Merle Smith Jr.

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black USCG Academy Cade Parade Dress Blue jacket with two columns of gold buttons down the front. Eighteen buttons in total are sewn to the front of the jacket. The collar is piped in gold with two anchors attached to either side of the front of the collar. The anchors face out toward the shoulders. On either cuff is a small gold band above which is a gold stylized United States shield. At the back of each cuff are three gold buttons vertically stitched up the sleeve. Inside the left side near the front is a label in yellow print stitched to the interior lining that reads "TAILORED FOR THE/ UNITED STATES/ COAST GUARD/ ACADEMY/ by Jacob Reed's Sons/ FINE UNIFORMS - SINCE 1824."

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