Service Hat Specifications

[scmcgeorge]

Anybody have any of the specs for the Montana Peak campaign hats? TIA Steve McG

[Ronald]

Like what??

EM or Officer?

Issued hat fro EM's had 5 rows of stitching and the as time went by they were reduced to 2. WW1 had different pattern to silk band than WW2 as were the grommets. Earlier hats hat a shoe string tie and later ones had a one piece leather strap.

Officer hat wee mostly private purchase though issued hats were seen. None of the officer hats had stitching on the brim. Officer hats had a unique 3 piece chin strap

[world war I nerd]

1912 Service Hat aka "Campaign Hat" Specifications ...

 

Specification No. 1145: Adopted on January 2, 1912

 

Crown: 5 1/2 inches tall

Brim: 3 inches wide with no stitching

Four ventilation eyelets in crown, 2 3/4 inches from base of crown

Two eyelets through the brim( for receiving the flat braided tying cord), 1 1/4 inches forward of center, one on each side and 1/4 inch from the band

Two pieces of round felt on top of the brim through which the tying cord eyelets are inserted

Tying cord to go around the back of the crown and through the eyelets

 

Specification No. 1177: Adopted on April 10, 1913

 

Height of crown raised to 5 3/4 inches (to improve air circulation)

Five rows of silk thread stitching added to strengthen the outer-edge of the 3 inch wide brim

The four crown ventilation eyelets raised to 3 inches from brim (to improve air circulation)

The two pieces of round felt through which the tying cord eyelets were inserted were omitted.

Hat still secured by a flat braided tying cord

 

Specification No. 1248: Adopted on September 6, 1916

 

Same as Specification No. 1177, except the five rows of outer-edge brim stitching was changed from silk thread to mercerized cotton thread.

 

Specification No. 1289: Adopted on December 21, 1917

 

Same as Specification No. 1248 except two oblong eyelets replaced the round eyelets used on the previous specifications. It is presumed that the oblong eyelets were adopted to accommodate the leather head strap that replaced the flat braided tying cord.

 

Specification No. 1357: Adopted on August 22, 1918

 

Same as Specification No. 1289 except:

Height of the crown was reduced to 5 1/2 inches (to conserve material)

Width of the brim was reduced to 2 7/8 inches (to conserve material)

Mercerized outer-brim stitching was reduced from five to two rows (to conserve material)

 

I hope this helps ...

[jprostak]

On the Spec. 1177 & 1248 the eyelets for the tying cord are concealed under the sweatband, not placed on the brim.

[world war I nerd]

Jon thanks for the specifications' correction regarding the eyelets. I realized that I forgot to add that bit of information after posting. Thanks to you, now I don't have to.

[mikie]

Thanks to Robb at The Colonel's Cache, I picked up my first campaign hat this weekend. The information posted above is just what I needed to identify the hat. It fits Specification No. 1177, with the correctios posted by Jprostak. It figures that WWI Nerd would come through on this! This is not the first time you have answered a question even before I asked it! You sir are a treasure! if scmcgeorge had not asked, I would have asked something similar myself.

 

Thanks to all!

 

Mikie

[Jimbo773]

Bumping this relative thread, as I have an oddity I need help with. 3" brim, 5 1/2"  peak, vents 2 3/4" from brim...brim grommeted for leather strap, but has this odd stitching across the brim. Field-modified for stiffness? Another non-military use?

 

Thanks in advance!