China, Republic. A Kuomintang Army Officer’s Service Cap, c.1944 Newly Listed (Heer Krawatte für das Tropenhemd)

(Heer Krawatte für das Tropenhemd)

JOHN FROTHINGHAM

consisting of a circular ring surrounding a mobile swastika

Golden Merit Cross 1917-18 - Cross in silver gilt

flanked on each side by four sun rays and four oak leaves with two acorns

China, Republic. A Kuomintang Army Officer’s Service Cap, c.1944 Newly Listed (Heer Krawatte für das Tropenhemd)A fine example of a wartime Kuomintang (alternatively referred to as Guomindang or Nationalist Party of China) Army Officers service cap, constructed entirely of olive drab coloured felt blend fabric with a raised peak, consisting of a smooth oversized crown that protrudes past the base of the cap, with two rivets mounted horizontally side by side for air ventilation, cap band that transitions into the crown is constructed of coarsely woven, ribbed,