Original WWI U.S. Marine Corps M1917 Private Purchase Dress Blue Enlisted Bell Crown Visor Cap with Period-Applied Canvas Cover - Very Rare Spanish Ordnance with the leather-wrapped grip only

with the leather-wrapped grip only retaining about 65% of the leather

and still retains about 50% of the oxide coating

and the frame has almost all of it

The stitches are actually "hidden" so they don't show through on the front of the belt

Original WWI U.S. Marine Corps M1917 Private Purchase Dress Blue Enlisted Bell Crown Visor Cap with Period-Applied Canvas Cover - Very Rare Spanish Ordnance with the leather-wrapped grip onlyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an outstanding U. S. Marine Corps privately purchased Dress M1917 Blue "Bell Crown" visor cap, intended to be worn by Enlisted Men for dress and parade occasions. The name comes from the pronounced flare out towards the top of the cap. This cap is constructed of wool fabric stretched over a wicker inner frame. This example retains an exceedingly scarce canvas rain & foul weather cover. This is one of the best