NICE SET OF SCARCE CIVIL WAR GREEN MEDICAL OR SHARPSHOOTER CAPTAIN’S SHOULDER STRAPS

NICE SET OF SCARCE CIVIL WAR GREEN MEDICAL OR SHARPSHOOTER CAPTAIN’S SHOULDER STRAPS

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$1,500.00

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Item Code: 490-7650

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This is a pretty set of Civil War captain’s shoulder straps with single-row embroidered bullion borders with spun wire edges and green velvet centers. The gilt finish to the bullion shows light tarnish and wear. The color to the centers is slightly faded, but no doubt green. Bullion thread captain’s bars on both ends. The edges of the black base fabric are visible around the border and wrapped under about a quarter inch. The reverse is thus mostly open showing the typical cotton base cloth and white thread used in the embroidery. Both straps show a few loose strands and wear, mostly on corners.

Lanham, “Straps” pp. 65-66, provides a summary of arguments for these straps as either riflemen or medical staff. Lanham concludes, “If green was used by medical officers it was an uncommon practice” (p.67.) We think a somewhat stronger case can be made for riflemen. Not only was green the long standing color associated with military riflemen, both regulars and militia, coming from the traditions of concealment and hunting, it was also the regulation color for the U.S. Mounted Rifles before the Civil War, imitated by units like the New York Mounted Rifles during the war, and was the color often adopted by infantry styling themselves “Rifles,” with green straps known to be worn by officers in the 1st and 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters.

This is very nice set of Civil War shoulder green straps in good condition that display really well. [jet][ph:L]

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