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Description: | Hobson & Sons 1, 3, & 5, LEXINGTON STREET LONDON. W.
This type of cap was a modified version of the earlier type worn by most officers on active service, and being lightweight and less rigid was a more practical form of headdress.
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Lightweight soft-topped service dress cap with a rigid cloth covered peak of khaki fabric, having a brown leather adjustable chinstrap fitted, secured by small crested brass buttons. The cap features four circular metal air vents to the underside of the rear overhang. Attached is a sealed pattern label, reading that the cap was sealed 8400 of 1915. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hobson & Sons, London | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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