Travd3 Posted September 6, 2023 Share #1 Posted September 6, 2023 Need some help dating these epaulettes. Pre Civil War, Civil War? Any info. would be a great help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludwigh1980 Posted September 8, 2023 Share #2 Posted September 8, 2023 Pre-Civil War I am thinking. 1830-40. I don't quite think they go back to the war of 1812. I am by no means an expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travd3 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share #3 Posted September 8, 2023 Thanks for the info…this is an education for me as I have never had to date epaulets earlier than WW1. What are you looking at that you are using to date them? Examples I have found online are all over the place as far as dates are concerned. Makes it difficult at best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob B Posted September 10, 2023 Share #4 Posted September 10, 2023 I would guess late 1840's to the Civil War period. Here is a similar pair in my collection that can be dated to late 1840's by the backmark on the Massachusetts buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob B Posted September 10, 2023 Share #5 Posted September 10, 2023 These, for a junior officer of the Boston National Lancers, would be a bit earlier and likely date between 1836 (the company's founding) and the late 1840's, based upon the one-piece National Lancers buttons. Notice the buttons are attached by string and not internally attached to the epaulets, and the epaulets lack the pronged attaching hook of the later epaulets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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