Original U.S. WWII Marine Corps USMC Named Women's Hobby Hat by Knox with Original Provenance Tag - M. Roberta Force Receiver Top Cover with the Royal Bavarian 8th

with the Royal Bavarian 8th Infantry Regiment going to the 16th Bavarian Infantry Division

Most probably a battle souvenir with a Spanish ship carrying Mexican Silver back to Spain in the late 18th century

He served primarily on the Western frontier

so we are not able to tell exactly what type of artillery shells would have been stored inside

The Marching Pack was gradually replaced from 1943 onwards with the Model 1944 Rucksack

Original U.S. WWII Marine Corps USMC Named Women's Hobby Hat by Knox with Original Provenance Tag - M. Roberta Force Receiver Top Cover with the Royal Bavarian 8thOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Women also served in the US Marine Corps during WW2, as mechanics, clerical staff, and in other capacities to free men for combat. They were universally respected by their male counterparts, and were issued winter forest green wool visor caps specifically designed to compliment a woman's coiffure. This is a lovely OD green Female Marines hobby hat with an original provenance tag reading: Service cap and garrison Cap of M.