Civil War Auction
Lot 1061:
Description
A wonderful, museum grade CSA regulation Kepi for Captain rank with the double bullion strips. It is complete – the brass chinstrap buttons are smooth ball type with no design. The bullion chinstrap shows minor wear, age and green oxidation. The medium blue body is fine soft wool material with a gray wool base band with some wear and moth tracks and some pinhead sized moth holes in various areas. The bullion braiding is a mess type. The visor has a machine stitched reinforced edge and shows even crazing and is in solid condition. The interior has hand stitched black oil cloth sweatband, brown pinstripe cotton lining and hard cardboard crown stiffener with patent leather looking lacquer coating. The sweatband is flexible and we see no maker marks or tags. Sweatband is hand stitched to wool body. The overall condition is very good with very even age to all parts and materials.
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