US Marine Corps officer's mess dress jacket worn by Jesse E. Wrice Jr.

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A black fulled wool US Marine Corps mess jacket (a) worn by Jesse E. Wrice Jr. as lieutenant colonel with service medals (b) and US Marine Corps pins (c-e). The jacket opens at the center front with the proper right side opening trimmed in thirteen (13) gold metal buttons featuring a raised design of the US Marine Corps emblem depicting an eagle holding an anchor beneath thirteen (13) stars. Each button is secured to the jacket with a metal jump ring running through the button loop, with the rings hidden by an additional interior placket made of red satin lining. Corresponding decorative buttonholes trimmed in black thread are sewn to the proper left front side, but the holes are not cut and the buttons are not functional. The jacket closes at the center front of the standing collar with one (1) large metal hook-and-eye.

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