this is my friends hat. looking at it the flap is not removeable this does not look like a field mod or something done at home it looks professional. i guess the owner could have payed to have it attached
ww2 japanese hat with attached neck flap (oddity)
this is my friends hat. looking at it the flap is not removeable this does not look like a field mod or something done at home it looks professional. i guess the owner could have payed to have it attached
His surname is Katsuda and is spelt out in kanji and katakana:
勝田
カツタ
— Guy
That is an officer's cap and so long as he also had another clean kosher fieldcap for reporting and going out dress, he would not have been violating any regulations, so there is nothing remarkable or extraordinary about it.
Regarding the rarity of the havelock in the collector market, I have no wish to join in any speculation not backed up by documentary proof. Though it took me 10 years to solve a similar mystery about small size army helmets, I'm sure the truth will reveal itself in due course without us making up stories. Those who feel obliged to reach a collector's consensus on why, please go ahead without me.
so officers hats were made this way? or did he have it modified ?
That was personal customization and was not how they were supposed to be made. You also needed to own a standard fieldcap to wear at "Dress Occasions" defined by uniform regulations not to violate regulations.
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