![]() The officer's gold-and-black cord edge braid replaced the previous maroon piping: Left-side view of the revised-pattern nurse's beige summer garrison cap exhibits the same banana-shape style as the olive-drab cap. The banana-shaped garrison caps for female army personnel were designed for conformity with the fuller feminine hairstyles of the 1940s. Left-side view of the women's officer's wool garrison cap that constituted part of the olive-drab winter service uniform and dress uniforms. Different manufacturing techniques produced slight differences of design: Left-side view of a sample variant nurse's blue garrison cap with smaller front overlap conctruction on the left-side curtain. ![]() ![]() The front overlap conctruction is on the left side of the curtain, in reversed fashion to the same pattern on men's garrison caps: Left-side view of the nurse's blue garrison cap with maroon cord-edge braid of the Army Medical Department. In 1943, the metal rank insignia replaced the nurse's caduceus on the left side. Later the nurse's caduceus was pinned on the left curtain of the garrison cap. At first, no insignia was worn on the cap. Official issue of a dark blue garrison cap with maroon piping for wear with the dark blue service uniform and off-duty dress was authorized in 1941. The white nurse's waist (officially designated as the waist, cotton, white) could be worn as part of either the blue or beige service uniforms of the ANC.Ī maroon necktie, in the color associated with the Army Medical Department, was also worn with the summer uniform. Many Army Nurses placed the nurse's caduceus pin on the cap front, although the first-pattern visor hat did not officially require insignia. The first version of the optional nurse's beige uniform could be worn with matching first-pattern beige service cap. Officially designated as the jacket, service, summer, nurse's, beige, this jacket resembled the nurse's blue wool coat except for several modifications like the absence of a belt. ![]() This uniform consisted of a jacket, skirt, white shirt, black or maroon tie and garrison cap / service cap. I'll add pictures and descriptions gradually.ġ) Beige Summer Service Uniform (1st pattern)Īrmy Nurses had the option of purchasing a beige summer service uniform at their own expense since 1941. I started this topic to share my collection of WW2 Army Nurse Corps uniforms with you. ![]()
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