Knights Templar Fatigue Cap with Rain Cover
date: label: date made
content: c 1930
name: label: maker
content: Henderson-Ames Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Black fatigue cap with short black brim. Cord above brim held by silver buttons on either end. Knights Templar cross embroidered on front. Black rain cover (oilcloth?) fitted. This piece of regalia was worn by William Gerard Dixon, a member of Tancred Commandery No. 50 in Belleville, Illinois. The Knights Templar is a fraternal organization related to Freemasonry (called an "appendant body").
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Kalamazoo
topic: label: general subject association
content: Fraternal Associations
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Community Organizations
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Alan J. Dixon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0442.10
label: accession number
content: 1982.0442
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0442.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, uniform
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 9 in; 9.525 cm x 22.225 cm x 22.86 cm