Original Spanish-American War U.S. Captured Spanish Hat Cockade with Infantry Button Original Machine Gun Part Sets This marking indicates issue to

This marking indicates issue to the 158th (7th Lotharingian) Infantry Regiment

and it looks like it probably saw additional service after this damage

the canteen itself does appear to be unissued

and does not retain the bottom plug

until the end of the colonial period

Original Spanish-American War U.S. Captured Spanish Hat Cockade with Infantry Button Original Machine Gun Part Sets This marking indicates issue toOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a very scarce captured Spanish cockade off of an officers hat, taken by an American soldier during the Spanish American War. The cockade measures 1 x 1. The button is held in place by a nail in the back which goes through the loop. Captured items from the Spanish American War are difficult to come by due to the short lived nature of the war and lower numbers of troops as compared with WWI and WWII. This is a