

Caps are sized: 6 7/8 thru 7 3/4 in 1/8 increments. A garrison cap is a type of military head wear, with straight sides and a creased crown. The left side has Soldiers of Fortune Post Operating in Exile, China and the AM Leg emblem. Cord Edge Braid, Interior Sweat Band for Increased Comfort.

Tough, Durable Material - Made of 55 Polyester, 45 Wool. This is a sewing service to add branch piping to Khaki Cotton or OD Serge Wool Garrison Caps ordered WITHOUT piping. These caps have the China Post 1 Dragon on the right side with the number 1. Army Garrison Cap - The Classic Cap Dating Back to World War I. cap comes in light blue with red, white and blue piping. The Official China Post 1 Garrison Cap come in Navy Blue with gold piping. Officers’ piping was similarly carried over from campaign hat cords and continues: warrant officers’ caps are piped in silver and black, commissioned officers’ caps are piped in gold and black, and general officers’ caps are piped in gold. Order an official US NAVY Uniform shop Black Garrison cap and wear it with pride Price includes 2 lines of text 16 characters each. This practice was discontinued when individuals had to purchase a new hat if they were transferred to a different branch of the service. The hat was widely issued from then on as “the garrison cap.” With the replacement of the service cap and campaign hat, the garrison cap was given branch of service color piping, as had earlier been the case with the cord of the campaign hat (light blue for infantry, red for artillery, yellow for cavalry, etc.). However it returned in 1939 with a finalized specification as of February 1941. A blue overseas cap was adopted post-war by the American Legion, but the hat largely disappeared from the Army between the wars, with the exception of the Army Air Corps (who called it the “flight cap”) where it was authorized in August 1933and armored units.

OPDIV and STAFFDIV Heads may prescribe the. Do not wear the black garrison cap with the SDB coat. The overseas cap could be stored easily when the helmet was being worn. Note: The Army Cardigan is not authorized for wear outdoors. “doughboys” in World War I, the hat was called the overseas cap as it was only worn by troops in France who were given the French type forage cap, as they did not have their wide-brimmed campaign hats with them.
