General Order No. 286 (Fall 1864) formally authorized officers to ditch full straps and epaulettes in the field. Instead, "marks of rank" could be worn directly on the shoulder or coat&mdash...

Smith’s innovation was to use hollow brass frames stamped to imitate embroidered bullion for the borders of the straps, which used short pins on the reverse to secure the backing and center pane...

In the desire to raise the bar of authenticity, we have never really been satisfied with the reproduction buttons on the market. We set upon the project to accurately reproduce the most common every d...

Variant elastic suspender, utlizing hand stitched linen thread and waxed flesh. Both durable and attractive these suspenders will withstand field wear as well as the most critical authentic's whit...