Matthew1945 Posted February 21, 2017 Share #1 Posted February 21, 2017 Anyone have any original documents, or sources, specifying how the Ski Cap came about and specifically how the cap became authorized to the soldiers of the 10th Light Division and subsequently the 10th Mountain Division? - Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrayGhost Posted February 21, 2017 Share #2 Posted February 21, 2017 From the 1944 Quartermaster Equipment for Special Forces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew1945 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted February 21, 2017 You are amazing. Thank you very much! This is all part of an ongoing investigation at the 10th Mountain Division & Fort Drum Museum to figure out how the ski cap came about, as the title states, and hopefully to get the cap authorized (this is mainly a museum driven effort, sadly we haven't had any real support) for wear (in some way) by soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division. Again, thank you! Footnote: I am only a volunteer at the museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 22, 2017 Share #4 Posted February 22, 2017 Is this the cap here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew1945 Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted February 22, 2017 Is this the cap here? Yup! Here are some more color photographs of the caps. There seems to be two versions, one with buckle and strap, and one without. Currently, however, we are just trying to find any documents stating where the cap came from, who got issued it first in the 10th, how it became standardized among the 10th, and so on and so forth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chis Posted February 22, 2017 Share #6 Posted February 22, 2017 1st edition had a cloth chinstrap 2nd edition removed the chinstrap and added gromlets on top, among other things I have the quartermasters book on mountain equipment at home and will look this up for you tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew1945 Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted February 25, 2017 1st edition had a cloth chinstrap 2nd edition removed the chinstrap and added gromlets on top, among other things I have the quartermasters book on mountain equipment at home and will look this up for you tonight. That's awesome, thank you! If you would be so kind as to scan the front of the book and the pages specifying/showing the cap that would be amazing. The more information we can get about the cap the better. - Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew1945 Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted March 6, 2017 Anyone else have any information? I'm still compiling all I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew1945 Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted March 25, 2017 Still researching. If anyone can provide any documents or interviews with 10th Mountain veterans recalling wearing the Ski Cap that would be incredibly helpful. Especially any documentation describing their pride towards wearing it. - Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenthA86 Posted October 5, 2017 Share #10 Posted October 5, 2017 I may be able to help. I sent Sepp a digital copy of the QM catalog, and may have more info in my files. Also contact Keli Schmid @ Denver Public Library, as she has copies of the Columbia Ice Fields equipment and uniform test reports. That my help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew1945 Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share #11 Posted October 10, 2017 I may be able to help. I sent Sepp a digital copy of the QM catalog, and may have more info in my files. Also contact Keli Schmid @ Denver Public Library, as she has copies of the Columbia Ice Fields equipment and uniform test reports. That my help. Thank you! Would you be able to send me that information, and the authorization orders (as you wrote in my other post) as well? I'll PM you my email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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