Japan, Empire. An Army Lieutenant’s Dress Cap, C. 1920 Archive and then later

and then later

blue and red typical of time period Spanish coat of arms also in bronze gilt

Cottle was appointed Lance Corporal on May 7

John Higgins was born on September 1

chipping evident in the red enamels on the crescent moon on the suspension

Japan, Empire. An Army Lieutenant’s Dress Cap, C. 1920 Archive and then laterThis is a very well preserved Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenants dress cap, constructed of smooth black wool. The crown of the cap bears a five pointed star constructed of machine embroidered gold bullion wire, and is trimmed with dual bands of identical construction. The body of the cap is trimmed at both the top and bottom with additional dual bands of gold bullion wire, with four bands emanating from the top band at the caps cardinal points,