Roughly 1943-1947, not sure on exact dates.
"Blue" garrison caps (look black) were authorized for commissioned, warrant and chief petty officers and officers' cooks/stewards in WW2 for wear with the Service Dress Blue uniform. Some wore the eagles on the collar, some wore a green 'crow' on their left arm & most of us wore no insignia at all. We also wore smaller subdued eagles on our OD greens but it was not consistent. Yep, ditto what Steve said about the brass, silver & gold eagles worn on the (utility) ballcap.
The eagle badge in no longer worn on the utility cap as it is now a cammoflage pattern with a sew on patch. The black garrison cap for E=6 and below was adopted in 1998 for wear with the old "Winter Working Blue" uniform, and since originally there was no cap badge, the eagle deivice from the utility cap was worn on this cap. About 1980, they introduced the badges with gold chevrons as an option. The Silver eagle badges came out in 1975 and were first for wear on the working utility cap. It is all brass because that was how it was made. It was NOT regulation and was commercialy made for wear on a working base ball style cap. That is a much older style from the late 1950s/1960s.
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