Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hat with full brim; WWI Army Campaign hat
Title
Hat with full brim; WWI Army Campaign hat
Object name
Campaign hat
Date
1917-1918
Medium
Wool, leather, textile
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 14 x 12 5/8 in. ( 15.2 x 35.6 x 32.1 cm )
Description
Dark olive green wool felt campaign hat with "Montana peak" and wide, flat brim; crown with four ventilation holes with grommets; red hat cord with red acorn tips and slide; leather sweatband; chin strap of olive green cloth tape.
Credit Line
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number
1941.1199
Marks
stamped: on sweatband: "U.S.A."
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this hat was worn by the donor during World War I. From 1917 to the end of the war, Dunsmore served first with the Ninth Coast Artillery Corps and subsequently with the Regular Army at U.S. Army General Hospitals No. 5 and No. 41. The red hat cord represents artillery.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
