Cap, Garrison

Object Name:

Cap, Garrison

Object ID:

1989.072.03

Date:

1953-1987

Description:

Cap, garrison. Cotton twill, blue with white crown and red piping. White silk satin lining, leather sweat band interior. Yellow embroidered lettering on right side: "V.W.W.1". Patch on right side, blue felt with yellow embroidered numbers: "618". Also on right side, a cotton patch. Patch is triangular with rounded sides, oriented with one point facing down. Center design of patch has 2 red poppies, one opened and one closed, with yellow stems and leaves on a white background. Blue border outlined in yellow with yellow lettering: "U.S.A. / VETERANS OF / WORLD WAR I", periods are stars; stars in upper corners. Cloth tag sewn onto sweatband: "7 1/8 / LOT / PRICE". Written in ink on interior, partially under sweatband: "TONKS / JOSEPHSON".

Material:

Textile
Silk
Leather
Cotton
Satin
Leather

Dimensions:

W-5.5 L-11 inches

Provenance:

Donated along with the archives of the Capital City Barracks and Auxiliary of the 103rd Infantry, World War I organization (1953-1987) of Concord, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Dorothy LaClair

People:

Josephson