United States. A Marine Corps Side Cap (AKA Garrison Cap)
Fabricated from an olive green gabardine wool, with fold down flaps also in olive green gabardine wool on either side, two rising peaks forming a small valley between the two panels, with a 24.3 mm (w) x 25.2 mm (h) blackened bronze United States Marine Corps device held in place via a screwback on the left side. The inside is lined in a silver-coloured polyester, the 23 mm wide sweatband in olive green cotton, with a label stitched in place at the right rear, the label inscribed "CAP, GARRISON, MEN'S / Poly/Wool Gabardine, MC / SPO100-96-D-0339 / BERNARD CAP CO., INC. / SIZE 7 1/4 / NSN# 8405-01-279-7659 / 56% Polyester/44% Wool / DRY CLEAN ONLY", with a number "8" within a circle in black ink over the inscription. The cap measures 285 mm (w) x 120 mm (h), without interruptions in the fabrics and is free of mothing. Near mint.

