I don't collect Political items but I could not refuse this visor cap because it just talked to me and has a very nice salty look to it.
This cap was just found by a friend of mine. He purchased it from the widow of a WWII vet. and it is the only souvenier he brought back. Unfortunately the sweat band is totally gone and it has no maker, RZM tag, etc. It does have the owners inititals in the hat. The initials read "H V" and are very hard to photograph (maybe someone knows who it may have belonged to??). The velvet band could actually be removed but the eagle and cockade would also have to be removed to do so. I don't know if this is normal, but I am including this info. for those of you in the know. The eagle is made from either cupal or nickle silver (the prongs are NS for sure) and does not appear to have been gold but it is obvious that it's been on the hat forever and it is highly detailed.
What I really liked about it is that the centeral cockade is metal but the outer "leaves" are done in gold bullion wire and embroidered directly to the band. The buttons are domed and marked "superior quality" on the back, they are also sewn to the cap not pushed through with prongs like most. The chinstrap has really gathered a dark patina but if you remove it the backside is pretty nice.
The only really sad thing about it is that the hat was loaned out many years ago for a school play and the hat size of 7 1/4 was marked onto the liner near the sweat shield.
Any info. or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Chuck
This cap was just found by a friend of mine. He purchased it from the widow of a WWII vet. and it is the only souvenier he brought back. Unfortunately the sweat band is totally gone and it has no maker, RZM tag, etc. It does have the owners inititals in the hat. The initials read "H V" and are very hard to photograph (maybe someone knows who it may have belonged to??). The velvet band could actually be removed but the eagle and cockade would also have to be removed to do so. I don't know if this is normal, but I am including this info. for those of you in the know. The eagle is made from either cupal or nickle silver (the prongs are NS for sure) and does not appear to have been gold but it is obvious that it's been on the hat forever and it is highly detailed.
What I really liked about it is that the centeral cockade is metal but the outer "leaves" are done in gold bullion wire and embroidered directly to the band. The buttons are domed and marked "superior quality" on the back, they are also sewn to the cap not pushed through with prongs like most. The chinstrap has really gathered a dark patina but if you remove it the backside is pretty nice.
The only really sad thing about it is that the hat was loaned out many years ago for a school play and the hat size of 7 1/4 was marked onto the liner near the sweat shield.
Any info. or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Chuck
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