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Description: | 52 WD P
ARMY.
963
MYERS & Co.
6 7/8
1917
Royal Army Clothing Department
A.681
Cap, Field
Royal Flying Corps
(On Loan).
Although used by some regiments of the British Army since 1891, the ‘Austrian cap’, or Field Service Cap, became the standard headdress for all ranks of the RFC in 1913. Whilst some officers retained their distinctive regimentals with their Service Dress, including the peaked cap, others also wore the FS cap, often of a higher quality, and with bronzed badge and RFC pattern buttons.
This example appears to be a sample, but not a Sealed Pattern.
Field Service Cap of khaki cloth, having a fold-up curtain secured in the upright position by two small crested GS buttons. Without cap badge, this example features a leather chinstrap and has a pink paper label attached to the inside, dating 1917. Attached to the cap are two labels, generated from the Royal Army Clothing Department. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Myers and Co | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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