Pre WW1/1914 Dated/Named Lt. Col. U.S. Army Engineers DressMessTunic, Pants/Belt

Description

In excellent overall collectible condition. Rare early/pre WW1 example of a U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Engineer's Dress Mess tail coat with pants and belt. All gold gilded Engineer's buttons are present. Gold bullion thread sleeve rank tress indicating rank of Lt. Colonel with bullion embroidered Engineer insignia. Both gold braid shoulder boards are in excellent condition. Interior breast pocket tailor label is named "Dr. Yates" and is dated "1/27-1914". Blue wool dress mess pants with red seam stripe for Engineer are in excellent collectible condition with all pocket and fly buttons present. The pants have a different name of "J.F. BROWN" which is not all that uncommon. Very nice gold bullion dress belt with Engineer red accent stripes. Very nicely detailed multi piece constructed officer's buckle still retains most of the original gold finish and is reverse stamped "REGAL MADE IN ENGLAND" The black leather belt inside has exhibits what is commonly referred to as "milky residue" which can be removed simply with a leather cleaner.