tsellati Posted May 28, 2011 Share #1 Posted May 28, 2011 ...I am quite excited to have added this OD HBT cotton M1943 field cap to my collection. Here are some pictures - This one is dated 1945 - And the reason, you might ask, for my excitement about acquiring this 'plain Jane' cap is that it appears to be the same style cap worn by my dad in some of the wartime photos I have of him - The story behind why my dad is on sweeping detail is that a sneak search of the rooms was pulled and a number of 'undocumented' Lugers and P-38 pistols turned up. The whole bunch of guys got placed on sweeping detail for not having turned in the pistols. As my dad wrote on the back of the photo, "...they gave us a receipt for them. Not that that means too much". You wonder how many "bringbacks" were actually not brought back by the guys that liberated them from their previous Axis owners. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capa Posted May 28, 2011 Share #2 Posted May 28, 2011 I'd sweep a while for a Luger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsellati Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted May 29, 2011 I'd sweep a while for a Luger! Yeah, you and me both . Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted May 31, 2011 Share #4 Posted May 31, 2011 That looks to be the Navy's Utility Cap; the longer bill gives it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyde Posted May 31, 2011 Share #5 Posted May 31, 2011 I have one similar to yours. The Q.M. tag dates it at 1950 and the pattern date as 1945. This style was later issued in sateen fabric. Mine also has the ventelation grommets a difference being that mine has eight rows of stitching on the bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer333555 Posted May 31, 2011 Share #6 Posted May 31, 2011 Tsellati and Capa- The problem is, as I understand, that the OP is implying those sweepers never got to keep their Lugers and P .38s... All they got was the receipt and the sweeping job. Shame! :thumbdown: Luis R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenm Posted June 1, 2011 Share #7 Posted June 1, 2011 Tim - that's a 1945 pattern cap with the longer brim - you need the earlier one with the shorter brim to match your Dad's. Nice story about your Dad and his "brush" with trouble though... Cheers, Glen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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