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Cap, Garrison

Object number2019.131.4

Manufacturer Keystone Uniform Cap

MediumPolyester; Wool; Satin; Plastic

Credit LineGift of Roberta Riethmiller Egelston

DescriptionDark green garrison cap. Cap is regular style with a rectangular body and rounded top; sides are folded over and create a pocket all the way around the cap. Yellow trimming around tops of sides with a diagonal piece from top to bottom on the front right side. Right side of cap has an embroidered Veterans of Foreign Wars logo in the center, which features the Great Seal of the United States with white text around the outside and red, white, and yellow decorations around the edge. To the right of the logo is a red patch with yellow lettering, and front right of the side has yellow embroidered text. Left side of the cap has yellow embroidered text across the middle. Inside of the cap has a yellow satin lining with a dark brown faux leather band around the bottom. Band has two white tags with manufacturing information sewn onto it.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (flat): 5.125 x 11.75 x 0.5 in. (13 x 29.8 x 1.3 cm)
InscriptionsEmbroidered text on Veterans of Foreign Wars logo: "VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS".

Yellow text on red patch: "LIFE MEMBER".

Yellow embroidered text on front right side of cap: "V.F.W. / 709".

Yellow embroidered text on left side of cap: "PENNSYLVANIA".
MarksFirst white tag sewn to faux leather band on inside of cap with manufacturing information: "MADE IN U.S.A. / 55% DACRON® POLYESTER/45% WOOL / DRY CLEAN ONLY / MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR / VFW / By KEYSTONE UNIFORM CAP."

Second white tag with manufacturing information: "7 1/4".
Historical NotesA Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 709 hat worn by Anthony G. Bauer. Anthony Bauer was a veteran of WWI. Bauer was an airbrake inspector for the Pennsylvania Railroad and raised his family in Lawrenceville. His daughter, Doris Bauer Riethmiller, claimed that because his wife was pregnant, he was not meant to be subjected to the WWI draft, but was due to unmet local board enlistment quotas. He served with a railway unit in France, returning in May of 1919. Upon returning, Bauer was treated at the VA Hospital in Aspinwall where Doris and her husband Robert later volunteered. It is not known when he joined the VFW, but he joined at an older age at the insistence of his son-in-law Robert. His cap shows no signs of wear.

Related person Robert Riethmiller (1915 - 2013)

Previous owner Anthony G. Bauer

Related institution Pennsylvania Railroad

Related institution Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 709

Related institution Veterans of Foreign Wars

Related person Doris Bauer Riethmiller

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