Cap, Garrison
- Object Name:
- Cap, Garrison
- Object ID:
- 2003.002.01
- Creator:
- S. Abrahams & Co.
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Garrison cap, World War I veteran's. Light blue felt with dark blue piping. Leather sweatband inside stamped: "S. ABRAHAMS & CO. / PHILADA.PA. / MANUFACTURERS / HIGH GRADE / UNIFORMS". Medal pinned to side of cap with brass pin and square medallion, light blue silk ribbon. Obverse: image in relief of boxcars on train track, horse and human figure inside boxcar, "40 HOMMES / 8 CHEVAUX" on outside of boxcar, soldier with garrison cap and rifle in foreground. Reverse: "PAT.APD.FOR".
a-cap
b-medal - Material:
- Textile
Metal
Felt
Leather - Dimensions:
- W-11 L-6 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is daughter of Harold C. Gibson of Concord, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Patricia Gibson Baker
- People:
- Gibson, Harold C. (1896-1985)
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