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Frank@hoboken

Saw this coat on a site. Labeled spanish american war era. Musician buttons. Anyone have any ideas what it could be. Looks like a national guard I militia. Thank you.

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Its style is typical of coats of various state military organizations of the era (late 1800's/early 1900's) but I think it was re-purposed to just be a band uniform (based on the buttons). The epaulettes appear to have a different button (could be a state button). That may provide a clue as to what the coat originally was for.

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Frank@hoboken

This coat was being labeled along with that one as span am. It's also a head scratcher lol.

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Frank@hoboken

Yes the button seems to be excelsior but the color of the the tunic seems different from what I've seen.

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