Original WWII Japanese Officer Wool Forage Cap - USGI Bring Back Receiver 18 April 1944

18 April 1944

It was issued in limited numbers

the division broke through German lines and captured several towns before linking up with elements of the British 51st Infantry Division

Serial Number: 50215

for defense were armed with the primitive smoothbore M/50

Original WWII Japanese Officer Wool Forage Cap - USGI Bring Back Receiver 18 April 1944Original Item: Only One Available. Brought back from the Pacific theater by a U. S. Army Air Corps officer named George Mitcho of Drifton, PA. Good condition wool officer's forage cap. Fully lined with leather sweat band. Features the classic string closure to the back and a yellow felt five point imperial Japanese star cap badge on wool backing. Shows age and minor moth nip but all in all a true "been there" example of a WW2 Japanese officer cap.