Original Early 3rd Republic French Army Engineers Dolman Uniform Coat - Sino-French War Era Chinese Militaria The edge of the blade

The edge of the blade does not show any sharpening after the original factory grind

PFC Carroll enlisted in the United States Army out of New Jersey on September 23

A later change in the suspenders was the use of nylon for the underneath padding of the suspender body

The slightly curved steel blade does show some use

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Original Early 3rd Republic French Army Engineers Dolman Uniform Coat - Sino-French War Era Chinese Militaria The edge of the bladeOriginal Item: Only One Available. The dolman entered Western culture via Hungary starting in the sixteenth and continuing on into the nineteenth centuries where Hungarian hussars developed it into an item of formal military dress uniform. The jacket was cut tight and short, and decorated with passementerie throughout. Under this was worn an embroidered shirt that was cut tightly to the waist and beneath which the shirt flared out into a skirt that