What time period is this uniform?
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A few notes to help with identification.
The uniform seems a very plain one, though with a dress shirt under the jacket.
The belt looks distinctive. An expert on military gear should be able to deduce when such a belt would be in use.
That style of cap would have been used during different periods by members of different organizations.
The medal hanging on the chest looks like a pre 1944 medal of honor. Thus it should be a medal of honor, or a medal of a patriotic society which was designed to imitate the style of a medal of honor - probably the latter.
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This uniform is from the 1902 regulations effective in 1903. The cap is a dead giveaway, an improvement over the 1895 regulation cap, the 1902 was a further step towards the modern army uniform. For the 1895, see page 93 from Repository.si.edu
Can’t seem to find a photo of print of the 1902 undress/garrison uniform except in the new khaki, but here is a nice print of the enlisted full dress showing the full dress cap with the light blue band. The undress cap would not have the band. xenophon.mil.org Looking close, you can see the difference in general cap design vice the 1895. The artist here was one Henry Ogden, pretty much the go-to guy for accurate prints of US Army uniforms up to about 1907. There’s a couple of really nice volumes of his prints covering from the American Revolution up to 1907 if you can get your hands on them – I’ve had mine for about 50 years. The text (from my volume) for the print reads:
Figure 1 Corporal - This non-commissioned officer wears a narrower trouser stripe than the higher ranking sergeant to his left. The breast cord worn by all enlisted men during this period was taken from the dress uniform of the Civil War artilleryman insofar as styling is concerned.
Figure 2 First Sergeant - The ranking non-com of this group visually displays good reason for holding his lofty grade. His sleeve shows two army hitches plus two war service stripes. Note that while brown waist belts ere then regulation wear, black socks and shoes were still worn for dress.
Figure 3 Private - Performing guard duty in the near distance is the lowly infantry private.
Figure 4 Musician - Also called trumpeter or bugler, this soldier with hand on hip lets his instrument hang from the blue cord signifying infantry service. He wears the two narrow stripe trouser stripes common to the bugler.
Figure 5 Sergeant - The sergeant wears a diagonal gold strip awarded to soldiers suffering a war wound. In addition to the would stripe, he wears one for wartime service.
The difference between the undress/garrison uniform and the field uniform would replacing the unadorned cap with a slouch hat. Note the coats and service belts as seen in the OP. The slouch hat was required for both garrison and field when stationed in the Philippines for enlisted personnel.
Below, two photos from U G McAlexander’s History of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry (1905), B Company 13th US Infantry in dress uniform and C Company in field uniform. In the C Company photo, note the coats and service belts as seen in the OP and the officer wearing the khaki colored garrison cap.
Medals related to recognized military fraternal organizations, including those for the descendants of same, were permitted in regulation at least up through the 1912 regulations.
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