Original U.S. WWI Era Officer Visor Cap with 78th Artillery Badge by Eagleson & Co. - size 7 1/8 French Machine Guns and is maker marked and

and is maker marked and dated on the blade: P

a thick piece of tow is wrapped around the jag

Most of the battalion returned home in June 1902

Not to let theses captured M-1866 Chassepot rifles the Germans converted many to shorter barrel carbines and reissued them to serve troops still as needle fires as they had immense quantities of captured French ammunition as well

Original U.S. WWI Era Officer Visor Cap with 78th Artillery Badge by Eagleson & Co. - size 7 1/8 French Machine Guns and is maker marked andOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an original WWI Era United States Army Officer visor cap with the mohair band removed, and the typical Eagle cap badge replaced with an artillery "Crossed Cannons" badge over number 78. The Cap features a black patent leather covered pressed paper or fiber visor, with a leather chin strap held in by plain split pins. The cap has a very nice condition leather liner, and the hat size is marked as a 7 1 8 (57cm)