United States. A Civil War Union Army 1St Sharpshooters Enlisted Man's Dress Epaulette Set Hold with a lateral tear in

with a lateral tear in the sweatband and severing of the drawstring at the front

buckram backing (a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue)

which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800

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United States. A Civil War Union Army 1St Sharpshooters Enlisted Man's Dress Epaulette Set Hold with a lateral tear in(Berdan Sharpshooters) Each epaulette incorporating stiff frames, uppers in green wool with a checkered pattern, the crescent ridge of the protruding wide oval caps trimmed in two rows of green angled embroidery, the outer row butting the fringe wider than the row butting the wool upper, multiple strands of embroidered green fringe dangling from the oval cap, with the fringe on one epaulette wider than that on the other, both with a brass button at