Germany, Heer. An Administrative Officer’s Visor Cap Archive (SA Erinnerungs Dolch)

(SA Erinnerungs Dolch)

Howsam's military service with the 48th (R) Field Battery

The Bacqueville House still has in its private collection

He was drafted under the Military Service Act of 1917

and after the Confederate vessels withdrew early in the afternoon

Germany, Heer. An Administrative Officer’s Visor Cap Archive (SA Erinnerungs Dolch)(Heer Schmirmmtze). A Heer Administrative Officers visor cap, constructed of field grey wool. It features reinforced side walls, fully lined on the exterior with a dark green wool cap band. Both the top and bottom edges of the cap band are trimmed with dark green wool piping, while an additional band of identical piping trims the exterior edge of the crown. Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia consisting of a dark green wool backer bearing