China, Republic. A Kuomintang Army Officer’s Service Cap Auction Archive reverse with date of 1918

reverse with date of 1918 II

BENGAL FUSrs)

and three Reiverforester Rank Collar Tabs (two left side and one right side versions

and one with a clasp for service in the home guard

An excellent example in fire gilded tombac

China, Republic. A Kuomintang Army Officer’s Service Cap Auction Archive reverse with date of 1918A wartime Kuomintang (also referred to as Guomindang or Nationalist Party of China) Army Officers service cap, constructed entirely of khaki coloured woven cotton with a raised peak. The cap consists of a crown that features a supportive spring loaded wire ring that gives the crown its distinctive shape and traditional raised peak, with a cap band directly below. The cap band itself is constructed of coarsely woven, ribbed, khaki coloured cotton.