CIRCA 1898-1902, WOOL ARMBAND, CHEVRON, CAVALRY, COOK, ORIGINAL, VINTAGE Dark blue wool with applied yellow wool cooks cap construction. Those soldiers with a modicum of culinary skills usually ended up preparing food although the Army provided no formal training during most of the nineteenth century. Finally in 1896 the Commissary General of Subsistence published its Manual for Army Cooks that simply doveimnto the details of cooking without any introduction. Those that were designated as cooks wore this cloth with the cooks cap on both sleeves in the same location as other chevrons. The cooks caps were made in the basic branch colors for Infantry, Artillery, engineers, and ordnance. The patterns were actually cut out of wool material with steel dies for uniformity. This originates from an established collection of U.S. Army chevrons. Reference: U.S. Army Soldiers and Their Chevrons, An Illustrated Catalog and History from the Revolutionary War to Present, William K. Emerson International Buyers Please Note: We do not ship outside of the United States! No Exceptions. In addition, we will not ship to third party shippers or any other international shipping hubs such as International Shipping (EIS), EIS 110 INTERNATIONALE BLVD, GLENDALE HEIGHTS IL 60139-2080. If you place a bid, or make a purchase, we will cancel your bid, and or cancel your purchase! If you wish to make a purchase, you will have to find someone located within the United States to make the purchase for you. They would be responsible to send the package to you.