TRIPLE-BORDERED CAPTAIN OF STAFF SHOULDER STRAPS

TRIPLE-BORDERED CAPTAIN OF STAFF SHOULDER STRAPS

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Item Code: 1299-13

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Civil War officers had to purchase their own uniforms and equipment. The quality of their insignia might vary according to their rank, and certainly varied by their assignment, taste, and wallet. This is a great pair of Captain’s shoulder straps for an officer serving on staff duty that might fall into the “extra rich” category of offerings by some military goods dealers of the period. The borders and rank bars are edged with conventional jaceron wire but are wider, using a more impressive embroidered gold bullion border consisting of three rows, the center one of which is a tad wider and stands out by also using alternating bands of dead and bullion strands. In addition, the rank bars are doubled, each paired row angling the strands differently so as to achieve a chevron effect.

The condition is excellent with the black velvet centers showing deep color with no oxidation toward brown and no noticeable holes. The jaceron wire is in place, showing just a slight bend near the corner of one set of rank bars toward the center of one strap. The edges of the cloth base show just minor rubbing. The backs have most of their glazed black paper covering intact, showing just age cracking and couple of chips on near corners or on an edge showing underlying web fabric. Both straps show some expected rubbing from handling and oxidation to the gilt finish of the embroidered bullion, but preserve substantial amounts of gold color with the remainder showing as muted silver. Please see our photographs.

Captains of staff could perform a number of duties for different departments and in different posts- some administrative and some requiring a good deal of intestinal fortitude- serving on the staffs of brigadier generals and higher officers in the field, for example, carrying essential orders under fire to units on the front lines without the satisfaction of being able to fire back. This set would look great in an officer’s display or collection of regulation Civil War embroidered insignia, a collecting category of its own that combines eye appeal and history.  [sr][ph:L]

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