1898 PAIR CAVALRY ENLISTED MAN EM SHOULDER STRAP EPAULET + BUTTONS KHAKI BLOUSE

Description

ORIGINAL  PAIR OF YELLOW U.S. CAVALRY SHOULDER STRAPS OR EPAULETS WITH ORIGINAL PERIOD BUTTONS .
THE STRAPS WOULD HAVE BEEN USED ON THE 1898 KHAKI TROPICAL UNIFORM USED DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR UNTIL 1902.
THE HOOKS ARE PRESENT ON ONE SIDE AND ON THE OTHER THE BUTTON MOUNTED ON THE COAT WOULD HAVE HELD THE OTHER SIDE.
NICE DISPLAY WITH THE BUTTONS OF A SMALL ARTIFACT GOING BACK TO THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 120 YEARS AGO.
NOTE THAT THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF DARKER SPOTS ON THE CLOTH FROM POOR STORAGE BUT MINOR, MOSTLY QUIT
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