Original U.S. Spanish-American War Navy Officer’s M1895 Forage Cap with Bullion Insignia by Horstmann of Philadelphia - Size 7¼ Martini-Henry Rifles with just a bit of

with just a bit of peppering visible in areas

an Army Air Forces patch on the left shoulder

New Britain in August 1942

A great way to add a little military flair to the dining room

Then men had two and a half months of basic training behind

Original U.S. Spanish-American War Navy Officer’s M1895 Forage Cap with Bullion Insignia by Horstmann of Philadelphia - Size 7¼ Martini-Henry Rifles with just a bit ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. A new forage cap introduced in 1895 was similar to the caps worn by firemen and train conductors, and did not find favor with the troops. A solid brass branch insignia with a screw post fastener on the reverse replaced the Pattern 1872 branch insignia in 1896. In May 1898, at the start of the Spanish American War, the Army adopted a khaki cotton field service uniform based on the British pattern. Because of