Garrison/Overseas clraning question

[Private Joker]

I recently purchased an overseas cap on Ebay. Standard army infantry which I was going to make into Paratrooper cap by sewing original airborne parch to cap. The cap was described as:"Excellent original WW2 Enlisted Infantry braided overseas/garrison cap."

The photo showed a great cap crisp clean and blue piping.

When the cap arrived to my home it was no doubt a different cap. The one received eas dirty dirty dirty. The blue piping looked brown!

No recourse with Ebay/PayPal about returning this cap for a refund and the seller was un contactable.

I licked my wounds and decided what can I do for this $35 cap.

I want to clean it and see if I can get it to look like descent cap.

Should I have it dry cleaned?

or

Should I use woolite?

Or is there another alternative?

Thanks

[Jonesy]

You could soak it in cold water and woolite for a couple of hours, air dry it, and then iron it up a little(DO NOT GET THE IRON NEAR THE PIPING).

 

Or you could just have it dry cleaned, which always works well for me.