Knox crusher cap

[Tim030]

My new know crusher cap I'm guessing manufacturered 1943 or 1944. Named to a vet out of Missouri. Let me know what you think as this is out of my normal collecting. Also if you know how to find info on the vet please let me know.

Thanks Tim

[Danmark]

Being an officer ( O- ) you should be able to search his Army Service number online

[Tim030]

Do you have a link of where I can search the number?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Tim

[Danmark]

Do you have a link of where I can search the number?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Tim

Here is one you can search.... NARA - AAD - List of Series - Wars/ International Relations: World War II

[Tomasz70]

Searching the person is easier when you have ASN - Army service number. There are sources online allowing to identify more details relating to the enlisted man. They aren't complete, due to the fire in 1973, but with some luck you may find something. Unfortunately it's different situation in case of the officer's service number (and that is in this case). You can hardly find online databases with info concerning the officer's numbers. Sometimes, one can find something looking into the printed army or navy officer's registers (e.g. from 1942 or 1944) but they refer to regular, contracted officers, not reserve or wartime commissioned ones.
It's difficult to decode the name of the original owner - but if you are patient and have plenty of time, try searching machine at ancestry web, putting "sounds likely" names with combination of some attributes - e.g. military service years circa 1943 +/- 2 years.

Anyway beautiful crusher! Outstanding look of the USAAF airman.

[Tim030]

Thanks for your advice. I will certainly do my best to find some info about the owner.

Tim