Posted 7 years ago
Lamplover78
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I found this jacket left in my garage basement. It was from the civil war. Has 3 nice medals on it. And in the pocket orchestra ticket stubs. . This person must of been a medic the badge on the arm shows that as well the collar has a button and on the other side of the collar says US. And inside the coat has a lable "Leibowitz brothers " Brooklyn, N.Y. contract may 8, 1918 No. 2364-N. New York Depot Q.M.O. and has a stamp i can't make out.
Not Civil War-- it is a WW1 tunic.
The medals are (left to right): fraternal medal, NY State WW1 Service Medal and WW1 Victory Medal.
scott
By Civil War, you mean WW1.
T A
They called it civil war. Because they didn't know they would have to call it world war 1.. because they didn't know there was gonna be a world war 2. And I'll take better pictures of the medals. The one does say civil war. Is on the back of the colorful one.
http://hslb.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/11-11-1918-end-of-WWI.jpg
T A
During the era it was typically called the "Great War" or the "World War".
The back of the WW1 Victory Medal should have "The Great War for Civilization".
scott
Thank you for showing the tag. I've been trying to figure out how to ID vintage clothing by their tags. I did not know that type of (manufacturing) tag went back so far!
For some US military coats, you can find tags in late 19th century items.
There are also stencil markings that can be found in some Civil War era uniforms.
scott
Scott, thank you. I do know tags go back a ways, but the way they manufactured this tag-- I did not know machine-sewn stamps with ink went back 100 years. I see tags just like that on my coat from ten years ago.
This coat has a stamp over the lable. I can't seem to make it out. But my guess would be as who it was and where he ranked or served. . I can read New York. I'll take more pictures in a few.. and I'll post when i change them in the post. . Thanks for all the comments. . I really don't know much about it. There was 2 ticket stubs to the orchestra in the pocket . April 22 1918