WW2 Jeep Hat help

[cerick1450]

Hi

 

I recently picked up a Jeep hat from a ww2 vets estate. I have included a few pictures. The tag has been removed. Is there any way to tell if it is WW2 era?

 

Thanks

Charlie

 

 

 

[BriansBricks]

I can't see the top of the hat, but here are a couple photos of Jeep Caps from the reference section

 

[cerick1450]

Here is a picture of the top.

 

Charlie

[Bellumbill]

Looks too "fuzzy" to me to be an original.

 

Best,

 

Bill K.

[SEAL76]

I had the real deal as a teenager and young adult. It looked different than this one,

[rambob]

I have two of these caps, that I just looked at for reference and the seams at the top are different from your example. FYI. The stiffener material inside the brim on originals is thick cardboard, while the repops use plastic. Slightly bend the brim on your cap to see if it feels like springy plastic or a more bendable cardboard.

 

The knitting also looks too loose and the yarn too "fuzzy", as stated before, for this to be original. The reference pictures posted are exactly like the two caps I own.

 

Bob

[Sabrejet]

Looks like a modern-made commercial example to me for all of the reasons Rambob gives above.