MAKING A CONTINENTAL MARINE UNIFORM.

VG. 8.5x11; PAPER covers, staple-bound. (Washington: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1975). Illustrated throughout with drawings, photographs and plates. Appendices, including 'Material List', 'Some Useful Sources of Material' and 'Useful Printed Sources'. 491 pages.

From the Foreward by BrigGen E.H. Simmons, USMC: "This guidebook has been compiled to provide the organizations and individuals whose interest in the dress of the Continental Marine probes beyond the customary printed sources to the actual re-creation of the uniform with the necessary guidance to do so. With the Bicentennial of the American Revolution imminent, the need for a guide of this nature has become evident through the increasing number of queries received from the militaryu community and the general public. In response to them and in preparation for the celebration of the Becentennial, the Marine Corps Museum has prepared this pamphlet."

From the Preface by the compilers: "This guidebook is designed to aid the amateur tailor in creating a Continental Marine uniform of sufficient authenticity while at the same time emphasiszing shortcuts and economies which take little from appearance but help keep costs to a bare minimum. The use of wool flannel as a substitute for broadcloth is a typical example of how this has been done. This guidebook also includes illustrations of a number of patterns which are available in full scale on request from the Director of Marine Corps History & Museums...
~~~ A great deal of assistance in the preparation of this guidebook was rendered by a number of individuals and organizations. the First Maryland Regiment, a group of enthusiasts who have organized a modern duplicate of a Revolutionary War Maryland unit, and whose insistence on authenticity is widely acknowledged, let its Regimental Field Book to aid in many ways. The Clothing and Textile Branch of the Marine Corps Supply Activity, Philadelphia, provided much help with the patterns, and the History and Museums Division staff provided many useful comments and suggestions.
~~~ The Brigade of the American Revolution, a national historical association dedicated to re-creating the life and times of the common soldier of the War for Independence, has generously provided its instructions for making a Revolutionary War period enlisted man's shirt, coat, and breeches, a fatigue shirt, waistcoat, and a cockade, as well as much other helpful information..."

OUT OF PRINT, and increasingly difficult to find.

$45.00