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Great shots, Dean! Where do you find these incredible images?!
I've not seen any with the company and battalion designation on the hats before. I wonder how common that was. The Marine Corps was only about 3500 strong at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, so not a lot of need to distinguish between units. I wonder if that was unique to Hotel Co.
It also appears that the EGAs are bright, and not subdued like the WWI period EGAs (and all subsequent versions on field covers), like the ones in the 1908 photo.
I've not seen any with the company and battalion designation on the hats before. I wonder how common that was. The Marine Corps was only about 3500 strong at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, so not a lot of need to distinguish between units. I wonder if that was unique to Hotel Co.
It also appears that the EGAs are bright, and not subdued like the WWI period EGAs (and all subsequent versions on field covers), like the ones in the 1908 photo.