another Navy question

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Is the only difference in the World War ll Donald Duck Cap and the earlier one like the one used at the Vera Cruz landing, the ribbon that states U S Navy instead of the ship name?

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[Drydock]

Yes. The top was wider in the 1870s and 80s, but had begun to shrink by the SA war.  They went to the US Navy Ribbon for all hands in WW2 for reasons of scale and economy.  Prior to that the ribbon bore the name of the ship.  Though "US Navy" was used by recruits and shore establishments in those earlier days.

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Thanks for the quick reply, Drydock

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[pony express]

There's a description of the cap on page 61-62 of the regulations here:

http://www.quarterdeck.org/uniforms/1913/Uniform%20Regulations%201913.pdf

S&S Firearms has a Navy blue cap, or at least they did. Not sure how accurate it is. From the reading I have done, it seems that the older Navy blue was close to what was used on Army uniforms of the period, but by WWII it had changed to a different type of wool, and a darker shade.