1953-1970 RCHA/RCA Officer's Service Dress Cap w/badge
Entry/Object ID
2024.18.1
Description
1953-1970 RCHA/RCA officer's service dress cap w/badge. Khaki green barathea wool crown, 4-piece body with four brass grommet holes at rear, cap band, blackened copper RCA cap badge 4.5 x 6 cms lugged to cap band. Brown leather chinstrap 2 x 34 cms held to cap band by two domed white metal RCA buttons. Stiffened cap peak. Underside cap peak in same material. Brown leather sweatband 4.5 x 56 cms. Lining of tan sateen and red-brown celluloid.
Use
Standard officer's service dress cap for Royal Canadian Artillery officer 1953-1970 (pre-unification)
Context
Worn by Capt. (later Acting Lt.Col.) David J. Ker-Hornell, Royal Canadian Artillery 1953-1970
