Original U.S. WWII Major General William H.H. Morris General Officer’s Dress Visor Cap with Calling Card - Commander of 10th Armored Division

Original Item. One-of-a-Kind. Lieutenant General William Henry Harrison Morris Jr. (March 22, 1890 – March 30, 1971) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II. He was in the West Point Class of 1911, and in WWI commanded a battalion of the 360th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. In February 1942, two months after the United States entered World War II, Morris raised the 6th Armored Division as its first Commanding General (CG). He was promoted to the two-star rank of major general fifteen months later, in May 1943. In 1943 he was CG of the II Armored Corps. He was sent to Italy as a Ground Force Observer for the Salerno landings in September 1943. He returned to the United States and became CG of the XVIII Corps.

Upon hearing of the death of Major General Paul Newgarden, CG of the 10th Armored Division, who died in a plane accident, in July 1944, he contacted General George C. Marshall, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, and requested demotion to command of the 10th Armored Division, then preparing for transfer to the European Theater of Operations (ETO). His request was granted and he led the division overseas on the Western Front, where it played a played a vital role in the relief of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, the largest battle fought by the American Army during World War II. Following this he was assigned to command VI Corps in Lieutenant General Alexander Patch's U.S. Seventh Army in the U.S. Sixth Army Group, under Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, which drove from the Rhine to Italy in the spring of 1945.

This is an outstanding General Officer’s dress visor cap having belonged to then-Major General William H.H. Morris. The visor is of black fabric with a black velvet hat band embroidered with bullion oak leaves and acorns, and the visor is also well-embroidered with oak leaves and acorns. The gold tape chinstrap is held in place by two gilt Federal eagle buttons. The crown has some staining but nothing serious. 

The leather sweatband is in good order though the stitching is now heavily worn with some loss. There is a size tag, 7, on the sweatband. On the interior crown is a maker’s mark reading:

A.E. Dondoro Inc.
1713 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C.

With an inserted calling card below that reading Major General William H.H. Morris. 

This is an outstanding example, ready to display!