Description

A US Navy women's dress uniform jacket worn by Admiral Michelle Howard as commander. The single-breasted jacket is made from black twill fabric and has a short slightly flared skirt with a straight cut hemline. It has a rounded collar with a notched lapel. The jacket closes at the center front with four (4) large gold-colored metal buttons with a raised design of an eagle holding an anchor surrounded by thirteen (13) stars. One (1) decorative pocket flap without a corresponding pocket is sewn to each front side breast. At the cuffs of the straight cut full-length sleeves are three (3) bands of gold tape beneath a black patch featuring one (1) five-pointed star embroidered in gold thread, denoting the rank of commander. The jacket is fully lined with black synthetic satin. There are four (4) black plastic buttons sewn along the interior proper left front side that correspond to the exterior gold button closure. At the proper left interior waist is a black zipper that is open to the exterior of the garment. A manufacturer's label is sewn at the interior proper right waist with text reading "PATRIOT / STYLED BY / Weintraub Bros. Co. / DRY CLEAN ONLY". A size "REG. / 12" tag is sewn at the interior center back neck. An additional tag at the center back neck also functions as a hanger loop, and reads "MADE IN U.S.A. BY / American Craftsmen / DRY CLEAN ONLY".

Record Contributed By

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution