6.86.5 a

Uniform, Military WWI Cap

1918 Approximate

PLACEHOLDER Material: textile. Size: 4 3/4" W. x 11 1/4" L. Description: olive green wool - garrison style overseas cap - folds flat - olive green cotton sweatband - left front eyelet - sweatband label: "Buchstahl & Lewis Depot New York Contract 7297 N 7 1/8" - handwritten on sweatband: "Frank Cahill" - (#6.86.5b) AEF pin on left front (American Expeditionary Forces). Part of U.S. Army Uniform, #6.86.1-8.

Waseca County Military - WWI. Worn by Private Frank Cahill of Janesville. He entered the U.S. Army in November of 1917 as a member of the 52nd Ammunition Train.