QUOTE (Walter @ Apr 19 2009, 03:32 AM) Вот полный текст Regulations of USMC Uniform and Equipment, 1900 Вот в развитие темы антикварных головных уборов USMC - продавалась недавно такая фуражка, подходящая под описание головного убора для рядового и младшего командного состава. Cap For noncommissioned officers, field music, and privates: To be made of dark-blue cloth. The cloth to be well sponged, without refinishing, before being made into caps. Band: To be about one and one-half inches wide, formed by the material of the body of the cap, between two welts, each welt at top and bottom projecting about one-eighth inch, the bottom welt being about one-eighth inch above the base of the cap; the band to be strengthened by a strap of strong split leather, about one-sixteenth inch thickness all around, and two inches wide, sewed in between the sweat band and the body of the cap, with the lining of the cap between the two. Crown to be bell-shaped, one-half inch larger at top than at base; height in front, three inches; back, two and one-half inches. Visor to slant downward at an angle of about twenty-five degrees from the horizontal, and be of patent enameled leather, black above, and lined with an embossed green leather, securely cemented to the body of the visor by the best rubber cement; to be bound with black patent leather to the depth of about three-sixteenths of an inch, the upper edge of the binding to be neatly turned in and stitched; the width of the visor at its widest part, from the lower edges of the center front of the cap to the edge of the binding, to be about one and five-eighths inches, and the entire visor to be molded to shape. Trimmings: A small regulation button on each side immediately behind the ends of the visor for chin straps; the side buttons to be fire gilt; the chin strap to be made of good enameled leather in two parts, each part about nine inches long and one-half inch wide, fitted with a stout fire-gilt slide on the end of the under part, and a leather keeper on the end of the upper part, through which the end finished to a point will project about one-fourth inch, to permit the strap to be adjusted at will; the sweat leather to be of good quality Belgian leather, about one and three-fourths inches wide, turned on the upper edge and properly cemented; the lining, of strong black satin, cut and shaped to the inner body of the cap, the crown of which shall be joined at the seat of the crownpiece of the cap and stitched therewith to hold lining at all times in position. Between this lining and the body of the cap shall be placed a strong piece of furniture haircloth to fit the cap, bound at top by a strong cutting of silesia about one and one-fourth inches wide, in which shall be inserted a flat, steel, covered wire about three-sixteenths of an inch wide, the whole secured to the haircloth by two rows of stitching. The haircloth to be well shrunk before cut for manufacture. Each cap to have four black metal eyelets for ventilation, two on each side of the cap, the center of each eyelet to be placed halfway between the upper seam of the welt and the top of the cap, and one and one-half inches apart from each other; also another metal eyelet directly in center of front, one-fourth inch below upper welt, for ornament. Each cap to be finished with a loop of black mohair or worsted braid, not less than one-eighth inch wide, and securely fastened under the sweat leather at the back seam, and the sweat leather to be sewed to the cap with not less than seven fine stitches to the inch. The above specifications are based on size 7 1/8. Materials, workmanship, and finish of the caps to conform in all respects to standard sample. Leader of band: Same as prescribed for commissioned officers. Second leader of band and musicians: The same as those for other enlisted men, except that the band of the cap shall be covered between welts with flat black mohair braid.
