China, Republic. A Kuomintang Army Officer’s Service Cap Newly Listed Merit Cross 1st Class Stickpin

Merit Cross 1st Class Stickpin (silvered zinc

with a horizontal slit in the pocket for feeding through the dagger hanger

and detonation and sweeping devices

unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a Type 2a badge produced by Friedrich Linden

(History of Military Awards of the Argentine Republic: Laws

China, Republic. A Kuomintang Army Officer’s Service Cap Newly Listed Merit Cross 1st Class StickpinA wartime Kuomintang (also referred to as Guomindang or Nationalist Party of China) Army Officers service cap, constructed entirely of khaki coloured woven cotton with a raised peak. The cap consists of a crown that features a supportive spring loaded wire ring that gives the crown its distinctive shape and traditional raised peak, with a cap band directly below. The cap band itself is constructed of coarsely woven, ribbed, khaki coloured cotton.