Artist/Maker
Ridabock & Co.
Officer's dress coat with epaulets
1893-1915
Wool, linen, metal
Each (Epaulette): 1 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 7 in. (3.8 × 10.5 × 17.8 cm)
Overall (Coat): 4 × 20 1/2 × 34 1/4 in. (10.2 × 52.1 × 87 cm)
Overall (Coat): 4 × 20 1/2 × 34 1/4 in. (10.2 × 52.1 × 87 cm)
Gift of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum
1936.514a-c
This officer's coat is from the Troy Citizen's Corps, 6th Company, Troy, New York.
DescriptionRed wool militia officer's double-breasted dress coat with epaulets; 1" blue closed stand-up collar with red tabs that fold out from the opening towards the shoulders, secured with buttons at the ends of the tabs; metal attachments at the shoulders for epaulets; 7 buttons down each side of the bodice, each side of the bodice has buttonholes, the sides along the buttonholes have white piping; closed sleeves (no cuffs) have blue chevron shape at the bottom, with 3 buttons, gilt sleeve knots; 4 panels at the back of the bodice, with 2 buttons near the center at the waistline, a blue stripe along the edges of split skirt with a button on each side; metal clasp buckle on straps at the inside of the waistband, vertical slit interior right breast pocket, bodice lined with white linen, skirt lined with red linen, bodice lightly padded and quilted; epaulettes have white ground with 2 silver stripes and a "6" (or "9") at the center, gold shoulder knots with buttons at the collar ends, reverse lined with dark blue felt, hinged metal hooks; all buttons cast with eagle above quadrant shield, surrounded by stars and "EXCELSIOR" at the bottom.Markingsincised: on hinge, reverse of each epaulette: "RIDABOCK & CO. / FORMERLY / BAKER & McKENNEY / NEW-YORK"
cast: bottom of each button face: "EXCELSIOR"
stamped: reverse of each button: "WAT BUTTON CO. / SNY"
applied: center of each epaulette: "6 (or 9)"
ClassificationsMILITARY TOOLS & EQUIPMENT: UNIFORM
