Decorations
One legend has it that it is to prevent the soldiers from wiping their noses on their sleeves!
Their military uniforms.
Civil War buttons are a popular collector's piece and are usually remnants of original Union or Confederate uniforms. Since these were spun from wool, buttons are the only thing left.
Epaulets are worn on the shoulders of military uniforms as a symbol of rank and occasionally on marching band uniforms as decoration.
the purpose of wearing the uniforms is to increase awareness of civilian military gap. coming from a real military mgs
The buttons on the uniforms of Civil War soldiers were usually made of metal, and usually had some design on them, to indicate the state the soldier was from, or the number of his unit. There was a great variety of buttons, people still collect them today, and you would be amazed at the high value of some of the scarcer types.
There are many different reasons why there are buttons on sleeves. Some people think buttons on sleeves look good, or they could have had other ideas while designing the piece of clothing.
The buttons were for replacement of lost buttons on the kit bag the soldiers used to keep patches and powder, as well as medical supplies for treating wounds protected from the elements. It was very important to protect these supplies so replacement buttons were an essential item in the battle field.
The possessive form for the plural noun sleeves is sleeves'. Example sentence: Both sleeves' buttons are missing.
To keep the soldiers from wiping their noses on their sleeves.
The Amish use hooks and eyes instead of buttons. They reason that buttons were first developed for military uniforms and they avoid using them because they are pacifists.
Veterans do not wear uniforms, except that some who are members of veterans' organizations at times wear a military-style cap (called a garrison cap) with ribbons and buttons representing their organizations.
So his soldiers wouldn't use their coat sleeves on wipe their noses on.
a coat of paint
in the military quarter
R. Money Barnes has written: 'Military uniforms of Britain and the Empire' -- subject(s): Military uniforms 'The uniforms and history of the Scottish regiments'
twilled cotton originally used for military uniforms is CHINO - hope this helps
Their military uniforms.