Cap, Service
- Object Name:
- Cap, Service
- Object ID:
- 1999.007.05
- Creator:
- Bancroft
Manufacturer - Date:
- 1941-1945
- Description:
- Service Cap Ensemble. Army, white dress uniform.Service Cap. White canvas, black velvet (over leather) visor, wide white woven hatband, metal eagle insignia pinned onto front (eagle, shield and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" banner). Visor decorated with 2 arcs of oak leaves, embroidered in gold wound-wire thread. Maker's label on interior (covered with protective plastic): "BANCROFT / Uniform / HEADWARE / [REG] / BUILT TO ENDURE". Interior leather headband, with handwritten notation: "LT. COL. H.L. CHANDLER, 197TH C.A. (AA)". Approximately 5" x 10.5" x 12".
Chinstrap (fits on 1999.7.5.1). Leather strap fully embroidered/wrapped with gold thread. Made of 2 strips, each 10" long and 0.5" wide, linked together with slides. Grommets on both ends to attach to hat. Stamped on back, "GENUINE PIGSKIN".
(had been covered in cellophane wrapper which was disintegrating; removed from wrapper; wrapper discarded 8/1999)
Removable cap cover (fits on 1999.7.5.1). White canvas. Two button holes (to attach to cap). Size tag in back, "6.4". Approx. 10" diameter.Removable cap cover (fits on 1999.7.5.1). White canvas. Two button holes (to attach to cap). ~10.25" diameter. - Material:
- Textile
Canvas
Leather
Velvet - Credit Line:
- Gift of Rosemary B. Chandler
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