Leather flight cap
date: label: Date
content: early 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: This leather flight cap is a fur lined cap with ear flaps. The flight cap is made of brown leather with a circular top piece that is sewn in four sections. The head piece is lined with green quilted fabric. A larger piece of fur lined leather covers the forehead and ears coming to a point below the chin. A small leather flap on each side has a gold snap button with a star design. There are additional metal snaps on each ear flap. Another piece of leather covers the neck portion of the cap and is lined with fur. There are losses in thread and fur throughout the cap.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Military Uniforms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Laird
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.111.10
objectType: label: Type
content: aviator's helmets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, fabric, thread and fur on leather
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 11 × 12 × 2 in. (27.9 × 30.5 × 5.1 cm)