Japan, Empire. An Army Lieutenant’s Dress Cap, C. 1920 Archive Cottle was appointed Lance Corporal

Cottle was appointed Lance Corporal on May 7

chipping evident in the red enamels on the crescent moon on the suspension

blue and red typical of time period Spanish coat of arms also in bronze gilt

An early type of the alternative de-nazified replacement version of a German Cross in Gold

Japan, Empire. An Army Lieutenant’s Dress Cap, C. 1920 Archive Cottle was appointed Lance CorporalThis is a very well preserved Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenants dress cap, constructed of smooth black wool. The crown of the cap bears a five pointed star constructed of machine embroidered gold bullion wire, and is trimmed with dual bands of identical construction. The body of the cap is trimmed at both the top and bottom with additional dual bands of gold bullion wire, with four bands emanating from the top band at the caps cardinal points,