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douglas2496
True crushers should have a flexible peak that can easily be folded in half. These look like they might have stiff peaks. They should have a standard gilt officers eagle with a screw back fixing, and the chinstraps should be affixed with small gilt eagle buttons. Insignia is the same for all branches of the army, including the Army Air Forces. My crusher shown below is of the non tropical type, but insignia and buttons should be the same. If the writing on the peak of your cap is authentic (which is quite likely), it dates the cap to before mid 1941 when the Army Air Corps became the USAAF.
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