Jon Soule French Indian War Surgeon Coat Handmade Gold Braid Doctor Dr. Jacket - $795 - (Jeffersonville, VT)

Hello you are bidding on the Rare Jon Soule, French & Indian War Surgeon’s Coat featured in this listing. You will not find another one like this here or anywhere. This coat was Handmade to order by Jon Soule in England. It features real Gold Braid, custom wool and brass buttons all made to the correct historical dimensions. This Surgeon Coat is Museum Quality.. Measurements: Arm Pit to Arm Pit = 28” Arm Pit to Cuff = 18” Collar to Bottom of Coat = 36” Weight = 7lbs King Louis commissioned the production of these coats somewhere in the late 1750’s. They were produced “to equip the military surgeons with a recognizable particular uniform by all which was to protect them from blending in with the other army rabble“ (letter July 15,1757). The uniforms were “delivered by Andrieu to the Arsenal of Paris where distribution was a problem. In the current state of our research we do not have any other part to illustrate this discovery which delays 16 years the date of attribution of the uniform to the army medical officers. It is probable that the methods of clothes industry in distribution new the same vicissitudes as those of the surgeons. Moreover the cloth clear Crimson color sample of richness and a height social position could only went to confusion with the scarlet of the police chiefs of the wars”. RESEARCH PAPERS INCLUDED!

Posted in Jeffersonville, VT, Antiques
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