Hat

Date1940-1967

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Caps
Fabric

Dimensions28 × 13 cm (11 × 5 1/8 in.)

MarkingsOn buttons: "American Legion"; pins "158" on collar; on patches "American Legion" and "25 YRS"; label inside coat reads "Official/Uniform/Legionairre/Uniform Co./Boston, Mass." and depicts a man with a cane. On hat (C): "158" and "Massachusetts" and interior leather band stamped with gold lettering "Emblem [illegible]/National Headquarters/The American Legion/Indianapolis" and a paper tag handwritten "Holden." Other hat (D) reads "Massachusetts" and the interior leather band is impressed with a rectangle in which is the word "Legionnaire" and a man with a cane. Also handwritten in pen inside the hat is "JAMES DEE", and a cloth tag that says "7/Price" and handwritten onit "J Dee"

Object number2014.5.3c

DescriptionPart of American Legion Uniform that consists of coat (A), pants (B), and two hats (C-D). C is a garrison style hat made of dark navy blue wool embellished with yellow trim. The hat is embroidered with a circular (sunburst) shaped emblem in yellow blue and gold thread with the text: "AMERICAN/LEGION". Embroidered in yellow below the patch is the text: " 158 MASSACHUSETTS".

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