Army Officer Signals M38 Overseas Cap

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Nice quality, M38 pattern, field-grey wool and rayon blend construction cap with a subtly ribbed gaberdine weave. The cap features fold down side and back panels with scalloped slopes to the forward side panels. The crown edge and the forward scalloped side panels are both piped in bright, interwoven, silver/aluminum braiding. The cap has a field-grey, enamel painted, magnetic sheet metal ventilation grommet to each side positioned just below the crown edges. The front center of the cap has a machine woven national eagle in silver/aluminum flat-wire threads on a cut-out, woven dark green rayon base. The eagle is machne-stitched to the cap. The front center of the fold down panels has a padded, hand embroidered national tri-color cockade. The cockade is flanked by a bright yellow silk waffenfarbe soutache in an inverted "V" pattern. The soutache is applied in the proper manner running through slashes at the seam near the caps bottom edge and handstitched in place. The interior of the cap is fully lined in tan cotton twill and has a partial, tan leather sweatband positioned at the front forehead section. The leather is manufacturer marked, " "QUALITÄTS MARKE" The lining is unmarked as to size but would guess as approx 55. The cap is in overall very good condition with areas of light to moderate age and usage toning. All original stitching.. very nice untouched cap.