M1906 officers uniform

[Sailorjerry45]

Good evening gentlemen,

 

I was lucky enough to save this nicely named M1906 officers uniform from a vintage clothes shop in California, it appears to have at one point had sew on insignia on the collar which has since been replaced by a piece of red felt. Unless someone has an reason why it might be there I'll likely be removing it soon and begin my search for some correct insignia it also came with a well worn French made overseas cap. I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this.

[CavalryCombatant]

Ex theater costume?  My first thought is that it mimics the old Russian uniforms.

[Sailorjerry45]

13 minutes ago, CavalryCombatant said:

Ex theater costume?  My first thought is that it mimics the old Russian uniforms.

Possibly, I've seen alot of uniforms come up in that matter lately. Another forum I'm a member of had a ww1 Prussian Jager uniform come for sale that looks like it was used during a winter play (green and red uniform with a gold star hot glued onto it). Id like to be able to track the officer down and possibly figure out what field he served in. 

[FlyNavy02]

Name on the tag looks like "H. F. Jackson" so might be Harry Frederick Jackson, USMA Class of 1896, third in his class.  He was promoted to captain in the Artillery Corps on 1 August 1901 and resigned as a captain in 1906.

 

Good luck with the research & restoration.

 

Jay

[Sailorjerry45]

Where did you manage to find that information? I'd gladly do more in depth research and maybe see if he went overseas considering this French made cap was in the pocket

[FlyNavy02]

There is a brief entry in Heitman's Historical Register and Dictionary of the U.S. Army, Vol. 1, p. 567. Also a brief entry in the Register of Graduates, US Military Academy. He died in DC on 10 April 1961 and his obituary appeared in the Fall 1961 issue of Assembly. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery (see Find a Grave). The West Point Library can probably help you.

 

Good luck with your research.

Jay

[Sailorjerry45]

Going off of the thread on the underside of the collar it looks like I'll need sew on insignia, I don't suppose anyone has some loose early officers artillery insignia that they would sell?

[Pointedcuffs]

This appears to be the 1902 pattern. A pair of loop back branch insignia and U.S. should be easy enough to find. Your challenge will be finding a close match between the two.

[Sailorjerry45]

17 minutes ago, Pointedcuffs said:

This appears to be the 1902 pattern. A pair of loop back branch insignia and U.S. should be easy enough to find. Your challenge will be finding a close match between the two.

Strangely i haven't found any just yet. I've only been looking for a few hours though so hopefully I'll be able to track a good set down, I haven't seen any records of him being sent overseas yet so I don't think I'll need ribbons

[Sailorjerry45]

I was finally able to track down some US collar brass for this one but I'm still looking for the artillery brass and a small button for the shoulder, before I go cutting off the red felt I don't suppose there's any chance that was placed under the US insignia on purpose? It is an interesting coincidence that the felt happens to be the same color for his job in the army. I put a black light to the felt and attaching threads and it did not glow.