US Army green class A uniform jacket worn by Private Marvin E. Parker

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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.

This olive green U.S. Army class A service uniform jacket was worn by Private Marvin E. Parker. The wool jacket has an open collar, a short waist, and full-length fitted sleeves. It closes at the center front with five (5) round brown plastic buttons, with an additional tab at the waist that crosses over to the proper right side and fastens with two (2) metal snaps. There is no vent in the back of the jacket, but there are slits at each side that fasten down to the waist band with one (1) brown plastic button each. There are two (2) pleated patch pockets, one at each front breast, with scalloped flaps that fasten with two (2) metal snaps each. There are self-fabric shoulder tabs that close with one (1) brown plastic button each near the neck. Two (2) patches are sewn on the upper proper left sleeve.

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