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This is an original from the Civil War. I have no idea what branch of service or anything else for that matter. The buttons on the side are silver and they have a cross with a crown like thing around the cross. The marking inside says, "W. P. Troy, NY"
It is like that, but more like St. Gilbert's Cross. It is not straight up and down like your pi. It also says something on the buttone, but we can't make it out.
Your pics aren't coming through; but the description sounds at least like a Union cap.
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"The cross and crown symbol is used by several churches; Baptists, Lutherans, Catholic for example. The symbol is not exclusively Christian - it is also used by Freemasons, and from there became a logo for both the Christian Scientists and the Jehovah's Witnesses."
Here's a site with all kinds of crosses, click on one and it goes to and explanation:
Post Civil War Kepi, I'd wager 1870's or later. Any one of a score of fraternal organizations used caps like this well into the 20th Century.
__________________ Few take the trouble to understand or to view the American scene with perspective. And we Americans love to find ourselves guilty of something. However, it is never I who am guilty, but those other Americans, the past or present government or the other political party. Americans almost never find other countries guilty. It is always ourselves or our fancied influence in other countries. Louis L'amour
I'll throw in with Shane that it's a fraternal regalia cap rather than a military one. The tag in the crown bears a logo with a chapeau, gloves, and swords similar to those used by the Knights of Columbus (and others, I'm sure!)
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