SPAN AM OFFICER'S SADDLE CLOTH SHABRAQUE W BADGES

Spanish American War Era midnight blue wool cloth shabraque, or saddle cloth, trimmed with red leather edging with large Coastal Artillery Gilded Brass insignia to each side with enamel. Attached to one side are several badges including Aid to Brigadier General Badge, Quartermaster Commissary Badge, Tunic Buttons badgers from the 15th Pennsylvania Infantry Company F, 2nd Infantry D Company, 4th Rhode Island United Spanish War Veterans, 42nd Infantry, 6th Infantry, 12th Field Artillery, 31st Field Artillery, United Spanish War Veterans Cap Badge Infantry Cap Badge and others, The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the U.S. acquiring sov...