Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Philippine-American / Moro Rebellion era Model 1902 peaked visor in Navy blue. The visor was worn by a member of the US Army 86th Artillery Regiment. The M1902 replaced the earlier M1895 pattern. This was the U.S. Army's second example of a visor cap after leaving the traditional kepi design. Like the M1895, it is made of wool, and has a leather visor bound with patent leather, lined on the underside with lacquered paper. It does have the lovely Artillery Red band going around the cap, and retains a patent leather shin strap retained by gilded brass federal regulation general service buttons.
The inside lining is in wonderful condition and still retains a lovely polished black cotton appearance. The leather sweatband is complete and in great condition, however though it is in good condition, it is mostly detached from the cap itself. We carefully attempted to see if there were any markings present on the inside of the sweatband, but due to how fragile the stitching is we refrained from doing so in order to not cause further loss. We did see what appears to be a Philadelphia depot marking.
This is a wonderful example with very minor moth nips present. It would be extremely difficult to upgrade from this one! Comes more than ready for further research and display.
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