Interesting portrait your thoughts ?

[Major 2]

This very interesting hand colored early studio photo portrait was donated to the museum.
The subject is an unknown US Army Captain, I estimate circa 1885 or later.
I have enlarged the medals, which have been painted and the detail is obscured

Has anyone any thoughts as to identifying anything ?
The buttons appear to be general service eagles.   

[Niederlander]

They look to be marksmanship medals, but beyond that I have no idea.  They could even be medals struck for individual competitions.

[Major 2]

I considered marksmanship with the target looking centers

or perhaps GAR reunions or Regimental conventions souvenir medals.

[Long Johns Wolf]

The markmanship medals look European to me.
Like Austrian, German, French or Tyrolian.
Long Johns Wolf

[Major 2]

Hmm... hadn't considered foreign competition 

[St. George]

Post-ACW - through the 1890s, rifle clubs existed in profusion - both on these shores and overseas, as well.

The uniformity of the medals suggest they're from the same club/district/region, as they look like the same maker produced them.

I doubt there's a truly military connotation - more like one of the 'society' military organizations like the 'Society of the Army of the Tenessee', as an example - it isn't 'Grand Army of the Republic' - that uniform was laid down in their Regulations.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[Major 2]

Pretty much we all concur, post ACW, prolly even post 1870's
My guess was 89-90, and agree its Marksmanship..
The guy may be a Capt. or veteran officer (I hate to think stolen valor)
May be the Club's CEO or akin.

[St. George]

'Stolen Valor' wasn't a 'thing' back then - and there's no 'valor' attached to rank - otherwise Colonel Sanders'd be in Leavenworth along with all the 'Kentucky Colonels', the auctioneers and the Confederate Air Force as well - because all those guys were 'Colonels'..

The various Fraternal/Society organizations all had a rank structure mirroring that of the Army - this is that.

The coat has a distinctly 'European' cast to it - Germany and it's various states, most likely - there or one of the Scandanavian countries - 'we' didn't use velvet facings.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[Drydock]

Velvet facings were popular on many society/militia uniforms in the latter half of the 19th century.   The hat cord with acorns is an American affectation.  I would say this is a US rifle club marksman of the 1890s, probably based in New York/Northeast seaboard.  The medals are of a "Gilded Age" design, very 1890s, as is the collar style.  Note the elaborate medal top row left, appears to have stars in the blue field.