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My favorite Japanese Army field cap


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I have owned an awful lot of WWII Japanese field caps but this one by far is my favorite, and one of only a few that I have ever kept.

 

It was common practice in the Philippines for Japanese troops to have local ones made out of any available materials after their issue one fell apart or rotted. I have had them out of white canvas, woven bamboo, etc.

 

This one is made out of some old American denim material that was left after the US forces boogied out. Made out of a pair of 30's-40's denim work trousers ( denim is much darker then the pics appear), and to uber denim geeks like myself, the coolest part is part of the selvedge band is sewn under the sweatband.

 

This one i bought from Dan Griffin and I believe he got it from Eric Doody so it has a great provenance trail.

 

 

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RustyCanteen

Now that is cool.

 

I think the Philippine Army had a number of the US denim fatigues just at the start of the war (in addition to what the US troops had). Makes you wonder what happened to all of that stuff.

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