Are these USMC stripes on a CAC 1902 Dress uniform?

[Dr_rambow]

I have been thinking about parting with this uniform for a while now, so I took it out to look aat it recently and realized that what I thought were simply Cavalry service stripes are actually backed with red.

 

It came to me with no insignia, so I tossed a set of cords and some collar insignia on it

 

as is the usual with these, they have a black liner. I can't find a name anywhere on it, so it is hard to say for sure what the history is.

[Dr_rambow]

Also, you can see clearly where there were once stripes sewn; probably corporal.

[BelligerentBlue]

It appears that the bottom yellow one is. I'm not well versed in this area of USMC uniforms. But the one I do have has the same stripe.

[Justin B.]

A yellow stripe with red edging was regulation on Army uniforms in this period for someone who had served a USMC enlistment, it is covered in the Emerson Chevrons books.

 

Justin B.

[BelligerentBlue]

Very cool piece of information Justin.

[Dr_rambow]

That's what I thought, thanks!

 

-Todd

[Pointedcuffs]

The stripe does not look like a typical one. Is it cloth or a gilt lace material? Coastal Artillery continued to wear out the old stock of gilt lace wartime service stripes until 1910.