Military trench coat worn by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Military trench coat worn by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley.The double-breasted coat is made from brown wool twill with full-length straight cut sleeves and a hem reaching to mid-calf. The collar has a wide notched lapel with rounded corners and there is a strap on each shoulder that buttons with a brown plastic button under the collar. There is a flap of the brown twill on the proper right front that buttons at the bottom corner with a brown plastic button. The coat fastens at the center front with six (6) brown plastic buttons and can be closed right over left side or left over right side. At each cuff are adjustable strap closures that fasten to the coat sleeve with two (2) sets of brown plastic buttons, equalling four (4) buttons total at each cuff. The coat has an inset pocket at each side just below the waist.

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