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Forage
Cap (click on image to enlarge)
"49.
For fatigue purposes, forage caps, of pattern in the Quartermaster General's
Office: Dark blue cloth, with a welt of the same around the crown, and
yellow metal letters in front to designate companies"
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This reproduction of a "Type II" forage cap displays the regulation placement of
the company letter on the front of the cap. |
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Details of an original "type II"
forage cap |
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Front of a "Type II" cap displaying the characteristic wide
crown. According to regulations, the only brass on the cap was to be
the company letter placed on the front of the cap. However,
surviving original show a wide variety of insignia placement on the caps of
volunteer units,
from none at all to both company letters and regimental numbers as in this
example. This original
shows the company letter place not on the front of the cap but on the crown
along with the regimental number. |
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Another characteristic of the "Type II" cap is the
distinctive shape of the bill which is more square in shape than the "Type
I" cap. |
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Detail of leather sweat band |
