Original U.S. WWII Marine Corps USMC Named Women’s Daisy Mae Fatigue Cap and Purse Cover with Strap & Photo of Wearer - Corporal Nathalie Klingbeil

Original Item. One-of-a-Kind. Women also served in the US Marine Corps during WW2, as mechanics, clerical staff, and in other capacities to free men for combat. They were universally respected by their male counterparts, and were issued winter forest green wool visor caps specifically designed to compliment a woman's coiffure.

This is a lovely green Female Marine “Daisy Mae” fatigue cap as well as a purse cover and strap identified to Marine Corporal Nathalie Klingbeil, who enlisted in the Marine Corps on October 1st, 1943. She served with the Eastern Procurement Division in Philadelphia before traveling to California to become part of Aviation Women's Reserve Squadron-9, the unit she stayed with until the end of the war.

The Daisy Mae cap is in great condition with the EGA Cap device still attached to the front. The photograph included appears to show Klingbeil wearing the cap, but we aren’t certain of this. The cap was manufactured by KNOX of New York, and her name is stamped several times on the interior.

The purse cover is in heavily worn shape, and if the strap ever connected to it, it no longer does. The strap has snaps that likely connected to corresponding snaps on the purse cover.

The photo measures 4½ x 2¾” and is in good condition, signed on the back Nathalie Klingbeil and dated 6/5/44.

A great identified grouping, ready for further research and display.