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S.A.W. era Artillery Chore Coat


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About a year ago, I posted this 'chore coat' in the below listed link:

See Frame #9 20 February 2014
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/202093-us-army-fatigue-clothing-1904-to-1919/page-2

At the time, I considered it a custom made article for utilitarian
purposes based upon similar 'chore' type coats.

Now, a year later (almost to the day) an identical one has sold on
Ebay' moreover, that one has a Jeffersonville Depot stamp for receipt
and inspection. These must have been specialty items produced for the
Jeffersonville Depot during the Spanish-American War.

 

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At that time, artillery was pulled by horses so emplacing or limbering
cannon must have been a filthy activity; therefore, a need for this type
of clothing existed to keep regular uniforms clean while performing
work in dirty environments.

As far as I can tell, there does not exist a specification for this coat.

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Since the auction link will shortly expire, I am including the auction
photos (based on fair use doctrine for educational purposes ).

Ebay photos to follow:

 

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  • 4 months later...

An interesting post, thank you for putting it up.

 

This period of clothing is severely under represented (maybe underappreciated?), so I figure it is worth a bump!

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