Military
The Museum's superb military collections document the history of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States. The collections include ordnance, firearms, and swords; uniforms and insignia; national and military flags and banners; and many other objects.
The strength of the collections lies in their enormous depth. Some 3,000 military small arms and 2,400 civilian firearms document the mechanical and technological history of the infantryman's weapons from the beginning of the gunpowder era to the present. Among the 4,000 swords and knives in the collection are many spectacular presentation pieces. The collections also include Civil War era telegraph equipment, home front artifacts from both world wars, early computers such as ENIAC, Whirlwind, and Sage, and materials carried at antiwar demonstrations.
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Model 1821
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 1812
- ID Number
- AF.69584M
- catalog number
- 69584M
- accession number
- 269638
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1910
- Location
- Currently not on view
- used date
- 1910
- ID Number
- AF.81415M
- catalog number
- 81415M
- 1977.0495.01
- accession number
- 1977.0495
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1872
- Location
- Currently not on view
- used date
- 1872 - 1879
- maker
- Brooks Brothers
- ID Number
- 1978.0658.01
- accession number
- 1978.0658
- catalog number
- 1978.0658.01
- 84527M
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1917
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 1917 - 1921
- associated
- Rubin, Edward
- ID Number
- 1986.0813.112
- accession number
- 1986.0813
- catalog number
- 1986.0813.112
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Coat worn by Jamie Farr in the role of Maxwell Klinger on the television series M*A*S*H
- Location
- Currently not on view
- wearer
- Grable, Betty
- Farr, Jamie
- ID Number
- 1983.0095.014
- accession number
- 1983.0095
- catalog number
- 1983.0095.014
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1912
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- Indianapolis, IN
- associated date
- 1912 - 1921
- wearer
- Montgomery, Hale
- maker
- Kahn Tailoring Co.
- ID Number
- 1977.0872.07
- accession number
- 1977.0872
- catalog number
- 1977.0872.07
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1921
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 1921 - 1924
- user
- Peabody, Howard B.
- ID Number
- 1980.0343.28
- accession number
- 1980.0343
- catalog number
- 1980.0343.28
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Confederate Army Frock Coat, Model 1861
- Description
- This Confederate Army frock coat would have been worn during the American Civil War. It is a single breasted gray wool frock coat with eight brass State of Virginia buttons down the front. The buttons depict the Virginia state motto of "Sic Semper Tyrannis" around an image of Virtus standing over a defeated Tyranny. The bottom button on the chest is missing, and two buttons are missing on the back waist. There are two locations with missing buttons on the back of the skirt. There are three smaller brass buttons on the right cuff and two on the left cuff. The top button is missing on the left cuff. There are cloth belt loops on each side just above the waist and secured with a small button on the upper end of the loop. There is single breast pocket in the left inside of the coat. The coat is fully lined with padded wool. Sleeves are lined with a polka-dotted fabric. The same fabric is used to make a fabric loop on the inside collar.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated dates
- 1861-1865
- ID Number
- 1983.0860.01
- catalog number
- 1983.0860.01
- accession number
- 1983.0860
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1910
- Location
- Currently not on view
- used date
- 1910 -
- ID Number
- 1985.0684.01
- catalog number
- 1985.0684.01
- accession number
- 1985.0684
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Confederate Officer's Frock Coat
- Description
- Physical Description
- Double-breasted gray wool with gold braid trim on sleeves and gold-colored buttons. Facing in French blue indicating the coat was worn by a medical officer.
- Specific History
- This is the type of jacket that would have been worn by a Confederate medical officer.
- associated date
- 1861-1865
- ID Number
- 1980.0399.0932
- catalog number
- U-126
- 1980.0399.0932
- accession number
- 1980.0399
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1917
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 1917 - 1921
- associated
- Rubin, Edward
- ID Number
- 1977.0082.03
- designer number
- 129
- catalog number
- 1977.0082.03
- accession number
- 1977.0082
- catalog number
- 81196M
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1917
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 1917 - 1921
- associated
- Rubin, Edward
- ID Number
- 1977.0082.05
- accession number
- 1977.0082
- catalog number
- 1977.0082.05
- 81198M
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1917
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917 - 1921
- associated
- Rubin, Edward
- ID Number
- 1977.0082.04
- accession number
- 1977.0082
- catalog number
- 1977.0082.04
- 81197M
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1921
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 1921 - 1924
- user
- Lowey, Herbert B.
- maker
- Heidelberg Wolff & Co.
- ID Number
- 1977.0893.02
- accession number
- 1977.0893
- catalog number
- 1977.0893.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1917
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917 - 1921
- maker
- Bartunek, John M.
- ID Number
- 1979.0915.01
- accession number
- 1979.0915
- catalog number
- 1979.0915. 01
- designer number
- 1268
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1917
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 1917 - 1921
- associated
- Rubin, Edward
- ID Number
- 1977.0082.01
- catalog number
- 81194M
- accession number
- 1977.0082
- catalog number
- 1977.0082.01
- 81194M
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1872
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Associated Date
- 1872 - 1879
- ID Number
- 1978.0971.13
- accession number
- 1978.0971
- catalog number
- 1978.0971.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1917
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 1917 - 1921
- ID Number
- 1978.0062.08
- accession number
- 1978.0062
- catalog number
- 1978.0062.08
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1880
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1901
- used date
- 1880 - 1902
- wearer
- Willard, Joseph E.
- maker
- Heiberger, Jr., F. J.
- ID Number
- AF.59806M [dup1]
- catalog number
- 59806M
- accession number
- 221534
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Model 1912
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 1912 - 1921
- user
- Giffels, Raymond F.
- ID Number
- AF.75878M
- catalog number
- 75878M
- accession number
- 298644
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
