Name/Title
1939-1945 Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Officer's Field Service CapEntry/Object ID
1998.41.10Description
1945 Royal Ordnance Corps officer's field service cap Canadian made of khaki green barathea wool. The cap is a wedge pattern. The crown and body is three-piece construction, each stiffened with a thicker fabric. On the right of the cap is a Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps badge made of brass (4 cm x 5 cm). It is fixed on the inside of the cap with lugs. The unstiffened peak is folded over the body. The curtain is buttoned closed with brass Canadian General List buttons (1.4 cm diameter) at the front and folded onto the body, hooked onto the sides with a hook that latches onto a brass grommet (0.8 cm diameter).
The peak and the curtain are unlined. The body and crown are lined with a blue twill fabric. The sweatband (4.2 cm wide) is made of a khaki green twill fabric.Context
Worn by Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Officers throughout World War Two.Made/Created
Manufacturer
Buffalo Cap & Neckwear LtdDate made
1943Place
* Untyped Place
Winnipeg, ManitobaInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Accession NumberLocation
Sewn to sweatband towards rearType
Manufacturer's MarkLocation
Body liningTranscription
" BUFFALO CAP & NECKWEAR LTD
SIZE 7 1/2
WINNEPEG, 1943 CANADA"Language
EnglishMaterial/Technique
Stamped, InkDimensions
Dimension Description
CapWidth
11.5 cmLength
31 cmCircumference
56.5 cmDimension Notes
Measured flat with the exception of the circumference which was measured around the sweatband.
Manufacturer mark notes the size is 7 1/2.
