Name/Title
1953-1970 RCHA/RCA Officer's Service Dress Cap w/badgeEntry/Object ID
2024.18.1Description
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 1953-1970Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Clothing tagLocation
Inside cap crown sweat linerTranscription
HERBERT JOHNSON 38 NEW BOND STREET LONDONLanguage
EnglishType
InscriptionLocation
left side brown leather sweatbandTranscription
CAPT. D.J. KER-HORNELLLanguage
EnglishDimensions
Dimension Description
Cap overall dimensionsHeight
14 cmWidth
23.5 cmLength
26 cmCircumference
73 cm