WWII US Army General's Visor Cap?

[lkgmadmax]

I recently was searching for a US Army General's Visor Cap, I picked one up off of EBay that was listed as a WWII Visor. Can anyone tell me what the differences are between a WWII and a Vietnam era General's Visor Cap?

Here are pictures of what I have.

Pictures can be seen here.

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[Paul S.]

Colour for a start.

[fjruple]

I believe the Green Shade 44 was announced on 2 September 1954 was announced in army Circular 102. The Gold oak leaves (scrambled eggs) on the bill of the service cap denotes General and Field Grade officers.

FYI

Cheers

--fjruple

[lkgmadmax]

Colour for a start.

So based on the color of the visor in the pictures in the original post would you say WWII or Vietnam it is green.

[Paul S.]

Vietnam was green. The whole US Army dress uniform was that green. Before that, it was a brownish colour of some sort.

[lkgmadmax]

Vietnam was green. The whole US Army dress uniform was that green. Before that, it was a brownish colour of some sort.

Great, I had purchased this off of Ebay and it was described as WWII (was more of a brownish color) but I suspected it was post WWII. I purchased this to go with my General Officer rig that was presented to the BG Hughes L. Ash in 1961, the black belt rig (Vietnam era) was issued with the pistol so the visor cap is correct then. Thank you very much Paul and all!