Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Named Officer Service Cap with Photograph British Militaria Very impressive

Very impressive

being assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England in December 1943

All appear to be complete but no guarantees as to what use or damage may be found after more than 100 years of neglect and storage

On 8 June 1794 on the way from Plymouth to Guernsey

along with an embroidered cockade with red felt center

Original U.S. Navy WWII WAVES Named Officer Service Cap with Photograph British Militaria Very impressiveOriginal Item: One of a kind. The United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), was the women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve during World War II. It was established on July 21, 1942 by the U. S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 30. This authorized the U. S. Navy to accept women into the Naval Reserve as commissioned