Gentlemen, don't be so quick to buy into Royster's analysis of the cap. He states the following:
This is the embroidered eagle from the cap. In all cases, this emblem was embroidered direrctly into the cap itself
This is completely incorrect. In NO cases was it embroidered directly, but was applied similarly to the one on Craig's cap. Proof of this can be seen upon close examination of the two wartime caps held since the war in the Russian archives, as well as the pre-war cap they have which has had the eagle removed. This would not have been possible had it been directly embroidered. I'll post pics if necessary.
This is the embroidered eagle from the cap. In all cases, this emblem was embroidered direrctly into the cap itself
This is completely incorrect. In NO cases was it embroidered directly, but was applied similarly to the one on Craig's cap. Proof of this can be seen upon close examination of the two wartime caps held since the war in the Russian archives, as well as the pre-war cap they have which has had the eagle removed. This would not have been possible had it been directly embroidered. I'll post pics if necessary.
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