US INDIAN WAR ARMY OFFICERS PRIVATE PURCHASE REGULATION HEAVY “BEAR SKIN” GREAT COAT, CIRCA 1880’S, C/W TAILORS TAG, MADE BY “GORDON & FERGUSON – ST. PAUL / MINN”, HAS WOOD TOGGLE BUTTONS, QUILTED BLACK COTTON LINING, SOME OF THE COLLAR FUR MATERIAL (LIGHTER COLORED, BADGER??) IS RODENT DAMAGED AND THE WHOLE COLLAR SHOULD BE REPLACED!, BEAR SKINS ARE MOUNTED ON A BURLAP TYPE OF MATERIAL AND SOME OF THE SEAMS ARE STARTING TO COME UNDONE WHERE IT HUNG ON A HANGER, JUST HAVE THE PERSON WHO REPLACES THE COLLAR RESTICH THESE SKINS TOGETHER!, GOOD+/VG, NEEDS A LITTLE RESTORATION, I JUST DON’T HAVE THE TIME, SHOULD BE WORTH WELL OVER A “GRAND” WHEN RESTORED
US EARLY 1900’S? PERIOD FORMAL TIGHT KNITTED BLACK WOOL MESS JACKET WITH TAILS AND FOLD DOWN COLLAR, TAILOR MADE BY SANFORD AND SANFORD, 176TH FIFTH AVE., N.Y., TAILORS TAG NAMED TO A CADET AND DATED MAY 31 98 (1898?), COAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE 1930’S ISSUE
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