US Army Service / Garrison cap hat, WW2, Infantry Paratrooper Airborne sz 7 1/4 For Sale

US Army clothingCap, Service Garrison Overseas
Wool, with Infantry Branch piping
Paratrooper insignia patch on left side, Enlisted
cloth sweat band not leather typeCirca later WW2 era, Korean warSize: 7 1/4
VERY Good used condition
The hat was widely issued from then on as "the garrison cap." With the replacement of the service cap and campaign hat, the garrison cap was given branch of service color piping, as had earlier been the case with the cord of the campaign hat (light blue for infantry, red for artillery, yellow for cavalry, etc.). This practice was discontinued when individuals had to purchase a new hat if they were transferred to a different branch of the service. Officers' piping was similarly carried over from campaign hat cords and continues: warrant officers' caps are piped in silver and black, commissioned officers' caps are piped in gold and black, and general officers' caps are piped in gold.Additionally, starting in World War II military parachutists and glider-born forces wore an Airborne Insignia on their garrison cap—enlisted wore them on the left while officers wore them on the right.[31][32] Different variants of the Airborne Insignia were worn until later in World War II when parachute and glider formations combined their unit–specific insignia into one red, white, and blue, parachute and glider Airborne Insignia.[33]