Museum object · Clothing - Military Uniforms
US Army green class A uniform cap worn by Private Marvin E. Parker
1954-1956
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
This olive green U.S. Army class A uniform cap was worn by Private Marvin E. Parker. The cap is made from green wool with a brown leather brim. The band is faced in wide green woven tape with a second under layer made from heavy brown canvas. The interior crown is lined with clear plastic for weather proofing, with a band of brown leather lining the interior hat band. There is a dark brown leather chin strap that attaches around a metal pin on each side of the cap between the outer green and inner brown bands. Illegible text is stamped in black on the interior leather band. A metal U.S. Army Symbol pin (b) with a screw back is attached at the center front of the cap.
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Catalog reference: 2015.215.1.1ab
