Line Officer Saddle Cloths

I finally found a new vendor for saddle cloths. Our previous vendor stopped making them which put us in a bind as seemingly no one else in the country offered them. The cloths, as seen in the masthead photo, are blue with a yellow border. They are made of wool felt according the specifications from the Indian War era. Line officers cloths have a regimental number sewn into the rear corners. Our previous vendor was not able to put the regimental numbers on so I was pleased to find a new vendor that did. The vendor's name is Coon Creek Old West and is located in Tucson. They have a number of other cavalry items that are hard to find such as the Indian Wars Period cavalry canteen. The owner, Leta, is a nice lady and easy to work with. The regimental numbers on the cloth we ordered were a little too small according to our 1885 specs so she arranged to enlarge them to the proper size on our next order and then sent me some replacement numbers for the cloth I had already ordered. She also makes the field grade and general officer saddle cloths. If you need this hard to find item, this is the place to go.