Park Record | 1937-09-23 | Page 7 | Buttons on Men's Coats

Buttons on Men Alen's Coats Coals Buttons on the sleeves of at mens men's coats are a matter of style But how the style originated isn't known Tradition puts the responsibility responsibility responsibility on Frederick the Great This Prussian king was very particular about the appearance of the uni uni- uniforms uniforms uniforms forms of his soldiers and he had a arow arow arow row of at buttons put on the upper side of their coat sleeves to break them of the habit of ot using their coat sleeves to wipe the perspiration from their faces which gave the uniforms an untidy appearance The buttons were generally adopted and became the accepted style of coats and as the styles varied the position position position tion of the buttons shifted until they were finally put on the lower side eide of the sleeve