Name/Title
1917-1918 RCD Officer's Service Dress Cap w/BadgeEntry/Object ID
2019.3.133Description
1917-1918 Royal Canadian Dragoons officer's service dress cap w/badge made of khaki green barathea wool. The crown is circular, attached to a four-piece, unstiffened body and band. At the rear are eight ventilation grommets (0.8 cm diameter). A brass Royal Canadian Dragoons badge (5 cm x 3 cm) is attached to the band. The chin strap is made of medium brown leather, attached to the cap with RCD brass buttons (1.3 cm diameter), and made adjustable with sliding straps. The peak is stiffened.
The inside (crown and sweatband) is lined with a brown twill fabric, possibly cotton or linen. The crown lining is quilted in a circular pattern.Use
Worn by Royal Canadian Dragoon Officers during the end of WW1.Made/Created
Manufacturer
UnknownDate made
circa 1918 - circa 1918Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Accession NumberLocation
Sewn to sweatband at rearType
InscriptionLocation
Centre of lininTranscription
"D. E. ELLIOT"Material/Technique
Ink, In Artist's HandDimensions
Dimension Description
CapWidth
24.5 cmLength
26 cmDiameter
25.5 cmCircumference
54 cmDimension Notes
Diameter measures the crown.
Circumference measures inner sweatband.
