Original U.S. Post-WWII Japanese Made Naval Officer Combination Visor Cap named to Bataan Death March Survivor U.S. Badges so it may have been

so it may have been the scabbard for an NSKK dagger repainted at the factory

and they were generally not well made and broke often

killed by a swordsman

originally printed in 1969 has been rerun by Ray Riling Books

- Marvin Thomas Hupp was born 24 Jul 1923 in Illinois

Original U.S. Post-WWII Japanese Made Naval Officer Combination Visor Cap named to Bataan Death March Survivor U.S. Badges so it may have beenOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is an excellent example of a Post WWII Era U. S. Navy Junior Officer "Complete" Cap, also called the "Combination" cap. Naval officers wore a variety of different colored uniforms in service, for different locations and occasions, so a cap was designed that could utilize various removable covers to match the uniform. The standard colors were White, Khaki, Navy Blue, and Gray. The U. S. Coast Guard also wore the same