LARGE SIZE, UNION ARTILLERYMAN’S SHELL JACKET WITH ‘CINCINNATI DEPOT’ MARKINGS

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Item Code: M24228

An excellent Civil War Union artilleryman’s large-size shell jacket in extraordinary condition. This military garment, which appears just slightly used, is constructed of six panels of heavy wool material dyed a deep indigo blue color and presents a shell jacket that is vivid and bright. The jacket body exhibits a twelve-button front closure with twelve original brass eagle ‘shield’ buttons securely sewn to the flap edge with original stitching intact. All button backmarks are plain. Shell retains its black-japanned, single-hook at the standup collar, but is missing the black clasp. Collar measures approximately 2¾” tall and displays four minty rows of 3/8” wide, artillery-red, worsted wool herringbone piping or tape on the collar exterior. Two, small, cuff size eagle ‘shield’ brass buttons adorn each side of the collar and punctuate the four inner rows of red braid. The standard red herringbone piping runs the length of the buttonhole-side front flap and decorates the entire bottom edge of the jacket. On the shell’s backside, piping rises from the two belt-rest pads, a.k.a. ‘pillows’ sewn to the waist area and highlights the standard “V” cut from pillow to shoulder. Sleeve cuffs are functional and both feature a single chevron of red braid on the outside cuff.

Original, coarse brown wool material line the jacket’s interior and is in excellent condition with no tears, thinning or fraying visible. Jacket lining free of seam separations. A side slash pocket on the inner left-side jacket front is lined with light beige cotton cloth. Cloth is clean and stitching is strong and tight. Each of the jacket’s two-panel sleeves are lined with white cotton / muslin material in bright, excellent condition with almost no sweat staining marks at the armpits. All sleeve stitching is tight, has no tears or perforations visible on the cotton cloth. On the upper right armpit sleeve is the government inspector’s oval stamping along with the jacket sizing…four 3/8” diameter dots, all stamped in black ink. Beneath the dots is an arsenal oval stamping, somewhat smudged, that reads “E. H. SHAFER. / U. S. / INSP. CIN.” Directly to the right of that stamping is a group of 5 or 6 illegible inked letters. Also, marked on the opposite inner sleeve are 5 1” high inked letters, likely a costume company mark.

Jacket’s exterior wool body is in truly remarkable condition with no moth nips, perforations, or holes visible. Body does show one slight seam separation at the upper left shoulder / sleeve seam with a period repair. No tears, no fraying. All the red worsted wool braiding on the jacket is minty, bright, clean and tight with no fraying, ripping or wear through.

Less expensive to produce than the frock coats, these artillery shell jackets were a comfortable and durable army uniform garment worn by Union mounted soldiers during the war. In excellent condition, this Civil War artillery shell jacket is a super-fine, seldom-seen ‘Cincinnati Depot’ government-issue specimen.

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