Chocolate garrison cap

[Valentia]

Hello.
A friend have given away to me this chocolate (OD) garrison cap.
What do you think about it ?.
He said me that it is original. But I have never seen a chocolate garrison with this
paratrooper patch.




Thanks.
Miguel Angel.

[SteveR]

It looks like a private purchase cap a lot of Airborne guys among others used them.

[Walkwolf]

Looks rather later than WWII, if that's what
your friend is saying..........

[Valentia]

Hello.
Then do you think that it is pots ww2?.
Thanks and best wishes.
Miguel Angel.

[Walkwolf]

Yes - looks like 60's/Vietnam era to me, but I don't know
when this particular shade of green came about. All of
the US overseas caps I have are actually a brown
colour. I'll try and remember to post
them here.........

[Tomasz70]

Definitely it is not a WWII cap. Standard Garrison Caps were of different shape. This "Piss cutter" is made in a form adopted at the end of 40's. (after 1947). However, non regular custom-made caps of the referenced fashionable shape were used during WWII especially by paratroopers, but here we have standard manufacturing example as indicated by the label.

[Walkwolf]

As mentioned - Overseas caps :

[Valentia]

These are my garrison caps. You can compare the chocolate one with the others.
How do you see them?.
Thanks.

[Walkwolf]

It's a tough call with the colours not being
correct due to lighting conditions, but as
said, your OD one looks post-war.........

[SHINDENKAI]

Hi,

From what I heard, Chocolate Brown NCO garrison hat were mostly British Made. (I've seen few examples)

From the photos they look like wartime examples.

Regards,
Taka