SARGE Posted February 14, 2007 Share #1 Posted February 14, 2007 While attending a militaria show last week I found a box of overseas caps. In the box were several caps from the Veterans of World War 1 organization. Here are some of these caps from an auction site. The top cap has the association patch and appears to be a WWII period cap since they are numbering the wars. Interestingly, the number one is embroidered as an Arabic number (1) rather than a Roman numeral (I) as was more common in Europe. The other caps are made after the European pattern of the French caps of the period and indicate the state the veteran represents. This seems to be one of the WWI veterans organizations that sprung up after the war and thrived into WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt175 Posted February 14, 2007 Share #2 Posted February 14, 2007 I've seen a Hat like the Gray ones from the state of PA, and had a period 40 and 8 pin on it. I wonder if they might be from that organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinBeyer Posted February 16, 2007 Share #3 Posted February 16, 2007 Sarge, There have been some Veterans of WWI reunion medals for sale on eBay over the past two weeks. I am always tempted to bid on them, but so far I have held off. From time to time you see them. Do you know what year this organization was formed? Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted February 16, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted February 16, 2007 Kevin, It seems this particular organization was not chartered until 1949. I thought it was surely earlier and it might have been active but not officially chartered of course. I know other WWI veteran organizations were founded between the wars, such as the Jewish War Veterans. I believe there were only about 40 living soldiers from WWI not too long ago as they would all be over 100 years old nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted February 16, 2007 Share #5 Posted February 16, 2007 There was (or possibly still is), a Catholic War Veterans organization. I don't know anything about them tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted February 17, 2007 Share #6 Posted February 17, 2007 The caps are from the American Legion. The French style caps are for a member of the 40/8 sub group. These are veterans that served overseas in combat. Steve Ray Sr. Commander- Post 25- American Legion- Picher,Oklahoma. While attending a militaria show last week I found a box of overseas caps. In the box were several caps from the Veterans of World War 1 organization. Here are some of these caps from an auction site. The top cap has the association patch and appears to be a WWII period cap since they are numbering the wars. Interestingly, the number one is embroidered as an Arabic number (1) rather than a Roman numeral (I) as was more common in Europe. The other caps are made after the European pattern of the French caps of the period and indicate the state the veteran represents. This seems to be one of the WWI veterans organizations that sprung up after the war and thrived into WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted February 17, 2007 Steve, Many thanks for the information on the grey 40/8 caps. Is the V.W.W.1 cap at the top also American Legion related and is this organization a sub-set of the American Legion? I thought it was a separate organization. BTW, I used to pass through Pitcher in the early 1960s and I seem to remember passing your Legion Hall downtown with either one or two water cooled MG in the window. Do you still have those things or recall what happened to them? I have often thought about that MG in the window over the years. Small world... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted February 19, 2007 Share #8 Posted February 19, 2007 Howdy Sarge Yes it is a small world. The gun was turned in to the ATF in the eary 70's. It was fully operational. I guess when the post started in 1920 it was still legal to own machine guns. The blue and white cap is a members side cap. The fact that it is one to a WWI vet is neat because all those boys are gone now. I imagine that stuff will eventually be like the GAR and Southern veterans things. It seems odd now when I first joined the Legion in 1969 there were a lot of those guys. Oh well time marches on. Hell average Nam vets are in their late 50's and 60's now. Glad I could help. Steve Steve, Many thanks for the information on the grey 40/8 caps. Is the V.W.W.1 cap at the top also American Legion related and is this organization a sub-set of the American Legion? I thought it was a separate organization. BTW, I used to pass through Pitcher in the early 1960s and I seem to remember passing your Legion Hall downtown with either one or two water cooled MG in the window. Do you still have those things or recall what happened to them? I have often thought about that MG in the window over the years. Small world... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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