China, Republic. A Kuomintang Army Officer’s Service Cap GTRexclude trimmed along both edges with

trimmed along both edges with machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire

thick smooth finished brown leather tab stitched in place on the underside on the left end

Right knee was injured

in turn descending from a slate-grey embroidered corn

helmet stamped FKS 18

China, Republic. A Kuomintang Army Officer’s Service Cap GTRexclude trimmed along both edges withA 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.