Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
Date:
1740-1770
Object Number:
1890.3
Medium:
Wool, linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Overcoat
Object Number:
1933.242
Date:
ca. 1917
Medium:
Wolfskin, chambray, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 48 x 29 x 8 in. ( 121.9 x 73.7 x 20.3 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: on the label: "Sporting"
Description:
Calf-length wolfskin overcoat with a round collar; three metal buttons with U.S. insignia down the front, lined with blue chambray; maker's tag sewn to the inside at the back on the neck.
Gallery Label:
This overcoat was purchased and worn by the donor in Neufchâtel, France in the fall of 1917, and was used by him in France until the Armistice.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
