BASEBALL UNIFORM SHIRT / MARINES Loopwheel Cotton fabric

Cotton fabric

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BASEBALL UNIFORM SHIRT / MARINES Loopwheel Cotton fabricThe BASEBALL UNIFORM SHIRT MARINES is constructed from cotton flannel and finished with MARINES detailing at the chest, and team number applied at the rear, both in traditional felt lettering. Finished with a urea button fastening, this example recreates a wartime variant in which the second button is red, positioned through the I of the team name where the buttonhole is cut. In 1944, organized baseball in Hawaii reached a peak. Multiple service