Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. Early war WWI French M-1910 enlisted man’s kepi for technical troops fitted with signal branch buttons. Pre/Early WWI Dark Blue wool body with red piping and chinstrap (missing) which would have been attached by the means of an Signals Button on each side of the cap.
Original sweatband is no longer intact, there is however, strangely enough, a small portion retained which has an original size label present, 55. Polished Cotton lining is intact, but has become unstitched around the sweatband. The cap bears a Paris maker’s marking which appears in the crown of the body. Visor is of painted leather, which shows signs of cracking and crazing from age. The original visor binding is intact. The body of the cap itself exhibits some mothing, some small tears here and there.
These caps were worn up until the introduction of the “Horizon Blue” uniforms in 1915. Of course, older items lingered within service for longer until worn out and replaced.
WWI French enlisted material, especially early war material, is very difficult to come across in the collector market today. Naturally, enlisted items are generally more scarce, as those items were typically used until discarded. Add in the high attrition of the Great War, massive losses within the French Army add to the scarcity of these items, especially early war material. An excellent example ready for display!
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