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Unbuttoned coats, etc.

Why, in some photos of officers, are several of the buttons of their coats undone--they are buttoned up above and below the three or so that are unbuttoned. In these pictures, they do not have their hand inside their coats as described below.

What is the significance of the right hand placed inside the coat -- their hands are obviously over their hearts -- was this representative of some kind of pledge..?

Glenda

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