U.S. Army Infantry Sergeant’s frock coat worn by an unknown soldier

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A navy blue wool U.S. Army Infantry Sergeant’s frock coat worn by an unknown soldier as part of their service uniform. The single-breasted frock coat is made from dark navy blue, fulled wool cloth and has nine gold metal buttons on the proper right side of the coat opening that run from below the collar to the waist seam. The gold buttons feature an embossed Union Eagle device: an eagle holding an olive branch in one talon and three arrows in the other, with a striped shield in front of its chest. Embossed text on the back of the buttons reads [WATERBURY BUTTON CO.]. The coat has a short standing collar accented with light blue wool cording that fastens at the center front neck with a black metal hook-and-eye. The full-length fitted sleeves close at the slit cuffs with two metal buttons each featuring the same design as the breast buttons on each cuff.

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