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baseball tourist 02-10-2019 12:01 PM
Help Requested! Vintage Wool Cap
 
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Haven’t seen a cap with numbering and lettering like this before? Does anyone have a guess as to what it is - school? Sport? Has “PM” and “92” on the sides and has a Derby (medium) tag. Thanks!

baseball tourist 08-19-2019 03:05 PM
Anyone?
 
Thought I might bump this one. Any thoughts? Thx!

jerseygary 08-19-2019 03:42 PM
The style and placement of the letters/numbers looks like it probably was a 1950's-60's US Air Force crew members cap. These were really popular especially at air bases in Japan after the Korean War. The colors and numbers/letters correspond to a particular crew and plane and can be found in all sorts of colorful configurations. Some militaria collectors specialize in these crew caps.

Check to see if there is a maker label inside.

baseball tourist 08-19-2019 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jerseygary (Post 1909773)
The style and placement of the letters/numbers looks like it probably was a 1950's-60's US Air Force crew members cap. These were really popular especially at air bases in Japan after the Korean War. The colors and numbers/letters correspond to a particular crew and plane and can be found in all sorts of colorful configurations. Some militaria collectors specialize in these crew caps.

Check to see if there is a maker label inside.
Thanks! “Derby” tag inside the band.

jerseygary 08-20-2019 05:52 AM
Here's a link to an old thread at the US Militaria Forum that discusses a similar cap. It appears that Derby was a Louisville, KY company and produced the cap discussed in the thread which came from a 1960's Air Force vet. There's some additional info on Derby, including that they did manufacture some headgear for the US military:

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/foru...af/?hl=ballcap

baseball tourist 08-20-2019 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jerseygary (Post 1909946)
Here's a link to an old thread at the US Militaria Forum that discusses a similar cap. It appears that Derby was a Louisville, KY company and produced the cap discussed in the thread which came from a 1960's Air Force vet. There's some additional info on Derby, including that they did manufacture some headgear for the US military:

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/foru...af/?hl=ballcap
Wow! Thanks!


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