Scarce WWI ARC Overseas Cap: Enameled Badge, ARC Buttons Worn by Stateside Ambulance Drivers
Processing...

Scarce WWI ARC Overseas Cap: Enameled Badge, ARC Buttons Worn by Stateside Ambulance Drivers

Code: z99mharc90003


SOLD!!! No Longer Available!

Product Description

•••••

Update 08/05/25: Welcome to FLYING TIGER ANTIQUES!!

WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH CREDIT CARD PURCHASES!! Using your PAYPAL account solves this issue fastest!

If you would like to PAY for a $100.00 or MORE Artifact with a CREDIT CARD, please email and I will get an invoice emailed to you as Soon as Possible!

We will be OUT OF THE OFFICE from TUESDAY 08/05 until MONDAY 08/18/25, Returning to the Office on TUESDAY 08/19/25!!

And, as always, we are HAPPY TO ACCEPT YOUR ORDERS during our time AWAY, and we will promptly mark any ordered Artifacts as SOLD.

We will be UNABLE TO SHIP as of 08/05, and REGULAR SHIPPING will resume on TUESDAY, AUGUST 19th, 2025!

As always, if funding your order of $100.00 or more from a Bank that offers ZELLE, ASK ABOUT our ZELLE DISCOUNT!!
That DISCOUNT also applies to PayPal GIFT (Fee-Free), Check, and Money Order payments!!

Thank you for visiting. We hope you will find some vintage artifacts here on our site to add to your collection.
We look forward to serving your collecting needs! Happy Summer, Ron & Kanae.

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I American Red Cross overseas cap. It has a nicely enameled square red cross badge and gutta percha buttons on the front as worn by stateside ambulance drivers during World War I. The weave of the wool gives the hat a slightly denim look.

VINTAGE: Circa World War I.

SIZE: No size tag: approximate size 7-1/2; badge is about 1-1/16" square.

MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION: Woven wool, silk lining, enameled and gilt brass, gutta percha.

ATTACHMENT: Bendable prongs on badge, two buttons on front, hook-and-eyes holding "ear flaps" up.

MARKINGS: None.

ITEM NOTES: This is from a United States Army Air Forces collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VBEJX12 LCIEX12/12 SCIEX1/13

CONDITION: 8 (Excellent-): The cap and badge show only minor wear.

GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.