Original U.S. Civil War Pattern 1859 United States Marine Corps Officers Cap Insignia Badge Made from Bullion - USMC U.S. Machine Guns This serial number and last

This serial number and last name identifies the canteen to Gunner Thomas Joseph Gleeson

Here they were attached to the British Second Army

pilot collar device and a very nice 9th Air Force embroidered patch to the left shoulder

It saw action during the Battle of Mons in August 1914

5"Hip width: 25"Front length: 33

Original U.S. Civil War Pattern 1859 United States Marine Corps Officers Cap Insignia Badge Made from Bullion - USMC U.S. Machine Guns This serial number and lastOriginal Item. Only One Available. The regulations of 1859 for the U. S. Marine Corps distinguished between headgear for dress and for fatigue (i. e. every day and field use.) The specified insignia for officers fatigue caps was gold bullion embroidered hunting horns with a silver Old English M in the loop on a crimson ground. This is an extremely scarce example of a Civil War Marine Corps Officers cap insignia. This insignia is near perfect besides