Army Chaplain's stoles used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley

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Two black Army Chaplain's stoles used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The stoles are made from black synthetic grosgrain with black rayon fringe attached at each end. There are matching designs machine embroidered on each facing end in gold rayon thread. The motifs are a cross below the Great Seal of the United States. The stoles are gathered into three (3) deep pleats at the center to accomdate the wearer's neck. Both stoles are the same materials and design, but the embroidered motif on .2 is slightly smaller in scale than the motif on .1, and there are subtle differences in the Great Seal designs on each stole. Near the center of the stole .1 is a single black hook-and-eye closure for securing the stole around the chest. In this same area on the stole .

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