Your friend's rather daft, isn't he?
Wear them together, but just make sure the patterns match. Mind you, if you don't, the jacket is a whole lot eaiser to use (khakis, linens, wool fresco, jeans depending on how far you'd want to go). The pants, what with being a strong pattern, are somewhat...
He does that more not for sartorial stupidity but for the same reason that Ahmadinejad does: to some brands of Islam, neckties look like crosses.
Still doesn't change the fact that he (and the rest of the casual horde) looks a fool.
Well, when you redefine history, everything can have a special significance.
Like I wrote before, when adopted, the trefoil was simply a decoration. It was there because officers in Napoleon III's Chassuers had them, too. Additionally, it was adopted in 1859... right before the age of sail...
Makes perfect sense to me if you've got extra web belt that needs securing. If the tab and clip on the buckle are facing left relative to the gig line, then the remainder (and rarely have I seen a perfectly sized belt) goes under the extra loop rather than dangling.
Aside from that, it'd...
After doing some reading, and this might not accratuley describe the jacket itself, I'd guess it's a 1890's or 1900's pattern.
The use of buttons down the front rather than hook-and-eye (which came in about 10-20's) and the open vents on the back both point to that period. Mind you, if it...
Any chance still for a better set of pictures?
I volunteer at my college's museum, it also happens to be a military college. I'm uniquely suited to figure out whatever the heck that tunic is.
Nick- Yes, West Point hasn't changed that uniform since 1814... but that's a coatee (short front...
Is there any writing on the inside?
But, to tell you something, it isn't West Point and it isn't Civil War.
Just going from the pictures... 1900's to early 1940's... maybe late 40's, but I doubt it.
Any chance for better (closer) pictures?
Standing collars and the land services
Note that the following is from a bored SWO-to-be who knows some really boring stuff.
The Marines don't have a special claim to standing collars on uniforms... for that matter, neither does the Army (or it's "spin-off" the Air Force).
The current...
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