USMC Overseas Cap for Peter

[Lost Skeleton]

Hi Peter:

I thought this might be of interest to you. It is a British made overseas cap in "Forestry Green" with EGA badge and USMC buttons. I know the British style cap was popular with US troops despite never having been actually issued to them. Finding a Marine variant, therefore, is a tall order.

Chas.

 

[Peter_Suciu]

Could you post an upclose of the EGA? That is an incredible find, surely one in a million.

 

[zipperheads9]

I have only seen one of these Edwardian pattern Caps .Neat to se it in a US issue . Nice collection piece.
Mark

 

[Lost Skeleton]

Hi Peter:

The EGA as requested, front and back:

 

[Lost Skeleton]

And, here's the rest of the story: 11/13th Regiment of the Fifth Marine Brigade. Sorry about the color balance; it's more than a little off.

Chas.

 

[Peter_Suciu]

My dear wife Enid is a wise woman. She has said, "no uniforms." Her true fear is that we'll move to Texas and I buy field artillery!

But uniforms worry her too! :x

 

[zipperheads9]

Nice looking set .Chas

 

[Lost Skeleton]

This recently sold on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120042515750

 

[Rendsburg]

Nice set Chas,
Otto