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The Official Cap Eagle Variant Thread


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Here is the smallest cap device of my collection. I once bought light olive felt officer's visor cap of interwar period. It belonged to Capt. Bertrand H. Griffith of the 143rd Field Artillery. I took off the Eagle for a moment to take a photo - see below. The pic is in 1:1 scale.

 

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I was at an estate sale and there were 3 hats from the vet.  One had an obviously nicer eagle emblem, so I got it.  It's marked LGB (Balfour), and is heavy gold plated.  It made the others (and some I already have) look like poor substitutes.  What era are these?  The hat is Superior Uniform Hat Co. Chicago.  No date, bullion on the visor.  The man seems to have been in from 1945 on.  

 

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Hey Gents,

 

There is some great eagles in this thread and I believe a huge help for everyone interested in cap eagles would be to pick up a copy of Mike Tucker's book, "United States Army Cap Insignia 1902 - 1975". Without a doubt the best book providing a great deal of information on cap eagles. I've learned a great deal from this book. Here is a link to Mike's site: https://authenticmilitaria.com/

 

@Vampire Writer

 

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Folks, I received my copy of "United States Army Cap Insignia 1902 - 1975" this morning and I have to say this is one of the best researched, noted, and illustrated books of cap badges I have ever seen. It has 294 pages of full color photos with written histories of probably every badge maker between 1902 and 1975. I actually identified a couple of badges in my collection that I didn't know anything about. So, if you have any interest in cap badges or want to collect cap badges, this book is an absolute must have for your research library. Here is Michael Tucker's page where you can order you very own copy https://authenticmilitaria.com/. You can spend hours just happily paging through it.

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Brian Keith

I’ll post a few enlisted badges this evening: First is this “J. R. Gaunt New York Made in England” badge of the ‘20’s-30’s style.

BKW

 

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 Here is a WW II era “Substitute Standard” type enlisted badge made of plastic. I have one made of “Plaster of Paris” somewhere!?!

BKW

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Brian Keith

Here is the front and back of LS GI marked Women’s Army Corps cap badges. Probably 1970’s-‘80’s.

BKW

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Great looking eagle! For anyone interested in learning more theres a facebook group called: US Cap Insignia Collectors 

 

There is tons of great info on there!

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Posting a couple visor hat emblems for reference that my father wore as a enlisted member of the USAAF during WWII. 

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I just pulled this out of a drawer. Never really looked a it, must be 4-5 years sitting. 

N.S. Meyer Inc. 9M marked. Overall good condition with what looks like paint just

below the 13 stars. Hefty for its size. Judging from 3 pages of posts, not to unusual.

 

Thanks for looking.

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It's an old thread but I hope to get some help. What is the differences between the Air Force interim gold cap badge and the Army cap badge. I don't seem to find guidance in distinguishing the USAF gold badges.

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15 minutes ago, Billyh said:

I have also posted this badge in the Hallmark section.

The badge is J R Gaunt London, gold coloured anodised aluminium.

Billyh 

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That is a great eagle, I have 20 plus variants of JR Gaunt US Army Officer's eagle. Have not seen this one before. Do have an gilt  anodized aluminum JR Gaunt, only a completely different style for the 1950-60's 

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Hello all.  I have this beautiful cap badge and I am unable to find any others that are quite the same.  Does anyone know anything about this variant?  Thank you.IMG_8476.jpg.4a0fea1fa2205fa12df1465fa17a5045.jpg

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Thank you.  I will probably never know the maker.  It has slight variations like the wide lines on the shield and the detail around the stars at the top.

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