France, 1st World War. NCO or officer's kepi in horizon blue cloth, circa 1915. Private manufacture. Canvas carcass, inner lining and sweatband missing. Black patent leather visor with black leather trim. Horizon blue cloth chinstrap with slide, held in place by two small brass half-barrel buttons. No rank markings. Worn. (In uncovered condition, accidents and moth holes. As is).

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