Uniform
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1950-52
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall (a, jacket): 33 7/8 × 30 1/4 in. (86 × 76.8 cm)
Overall (b, pants): 41 3/4 × 20 in. (106 × 50.8 cm)
Description:
Summer tan dress uniform worn during the Korean War; a: jacket; b: pants.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nat Springer
Object Number:
2005.7ab
Gallery Label:
Nat Springer served in the United States armed forces during the Korean War, from March 1952 to June 1954. A lieutenant with the Judge Advocate General department providing civil and criminal legal services to army personnel, Springer was stationed at First Army Headquarters on Governors Island, where he traveled by two ferries from a residence on Staten Island. Required to attend many functions of a somewhat formal nature, he purchased this summer tan dress uniform at Brooks Brothers.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1957
eMuseum Object ID:
58660
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniform buttons (4)
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Four brass uniform buttons; all are stamped with the same seal, arm with sword; "MASS VOLUNTEER/MILITIA"; on reverse: "SCOVILL MF'G CO./WATERBURY".
Object Number:
Z.3284a-d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46260
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uniform button
Classification:
Date:
1822
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Circular brass uniform button "THIS I'LL DEFEND/G III R/1822"; royal seal; on reverse: "EDINBURGH/1822".
Object Number:
Z.3283
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
46259
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Officer's collars
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1918
Medium:
Cotton
Description:
Two white cotton collars.
Credit Line:
Gift of Kate Breckinridge Prewitt
Object Number:
1997.1ab
Gallery Label:
This coat was worn by First Lieutenant John McGarvey Prewitt (1883-1957), who served in the Medical Corps during World War I. Originally assigned for duty overseas, when the flu epidemic broke out in 1918, he was reassigned to Camp Mills Base Hospital near Mineola, Long Island. The shoulder insignia identifies New York as the Port of Embarkation. The 1918 flu epidemic claimed the lives of 12,000 New Yorkers, as was one of the worst outbreaks recorded.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1918
eMuseum Object ID:
45804
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Identification bracelet
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1917
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 7 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Oval metal identification ("dog tag") bracelet; inscribed on the front of tag "Lieut/ G. Livingston"; inscribed on the back of the tag "U.S. Field Artillery/ AEF"; bracelet still attached.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lorna Livingston
Object Number:
2001.225
Gallery Label:
Goodhue Livingston, Jr. (1897-1994), a prominent New Yorker, was an independent investor and a former member of the New York City Planning Commission from 1945 to 1960. During World War I, he was second lieutenant in the U.S. Army field artillery. This ID bracelet was donated to the Society by his daughter, Lorna Livingston.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
45527
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Patch
Classification:
Date:
1946-1947
Medium:
Metal and wool thread on wool background
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Army Air Forces patch design with vertical sword, red flames flanking the blade, poised on a silver star with a red center flanked by gold wings on a blue background.
Credit Line:
Gift of Betty Spitz
Object Number:
2001.31
Marks:
Dated: Verso: "1946"
Gallery Label:
Patch designed by the artist for his unit of the Army Air Forces (Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron) in Weisbaden, Germany, 1946.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1947
eMuseum Object ID:
44517
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shoulder patch
Classification:
Date:
1941-1945
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 7.9 x 7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Blue cotton patch; yellow eagle perched above machine gun and Islamic castle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frank L. Jackson
Object Number:
INV.7434i
Gallery Label:
This patch was worn by members of the Army Amphibious Corps.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
43728
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Patch
Classification:
Date:
1941-1945
Medium:
Rayon, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 1/8 in. ( 4.1 x 7.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Diamond-shaped olive rayon patch with yellow cotton eagle bordered by circle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frank L. Jackson
Object Number:
INV.7434g
Gallery Label:
This patch indicated honorable discharge from U.S. armed forces.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
43727
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sleeve patch
Classification:
Date:
1941-1945
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 2 x 1/8 in. ( 12.7 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Diamond-shaped black felt patch with three olive cotton stripes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frank L. Jackson
Object Number:
INV.7434f
Gallery Label:
This ribbon was awarded to an Army serviceman for three years of meritorious service during World War II.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
43726
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1942-1945
Medium:
Silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 1.3 x 3.5 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Orange/blue silk bar with pin on back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frank L. Jackson
Object Number:
INV.7434e
Gallery Label:
This ribbon was awarded to a member of the NYC Patrol Corps for a year of meritorious service during World War II.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
43725
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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