Well, here is the artifact that just came in this weekend. It's different than what I normally collect but I couldn't resist it -- just like the Luftwaffe officer dress jacket. This is a WWII United States Admirals Service Cap with the aviation green cover and pre-WWII naval coat of arms, all in bullion. The name STONE is inside. At first we thought it might have belonged to Everett Stone, who was the executive officer on the battleship California during the Pearl Habor attack and then later as captain was the first commanding officer of the battleship Wisconsin. However, Everett Stone was a cruiser and battleship officer and not an aviator, so either this is his cap and somebody replaced the white or khaki cover with this aviation green cover, or this belonged to another Stone, an aviation admiral, but still WWII... and now the research begins.







Any ideas, let me know... Bob