Name/Title
1916-1919 CEF Service Dress Cap w/Borden's Armd. Car BadgeEntry/Object ID
2023.1.8Description
1916-1919 Canadian Expeditionary Force service dress cap w/Borden's Armoured Car badge made of khaki tan serge wool. The crown is circular and is attached to a body made with four-piece construction. The cap band is unstiffened. A brass cap badge (4.5 cm x 4.5 cm)is pinned to the centre front, depicting a maple leaf behind a machine gun tank. A King's crown surmounts the tank. The ear flaps are folded onto the cap band and are buttoned together with a single general list Canada button (1.5 cm diameter). The peak is stiffened.
The lining is made of grey serge wool. The crown is quilted in a zig-zag pattern. The lugs of the cap badge are left uncovered. The peak is lined with a drab olive green material.Use
Worn by Borden's Armoured Battery during WW1.Context
Borden's Armoured Battery, later known as Borden’s Motor Machine Gun Battery, were a Canadian Expeditionary Force unit formed in 1914 and mobilized in Montreal. They left for England on May 17, 1915 aboard the Carapathia and later on May 28, 1915. The unit disbanded on November 15, 1920.Made/Created
Manufacturer
UnknownDate made
1916 - 1919Place
* Untyped Place
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Accession NumberLocation
Sewn to lining, towards rear of sweatbandType
Manufacturer's MarkLocation
Centre of liningTranscription
"BOCK[...] [...]
7
MONTREAL"
"1916"Language
EnglishMaterial/Technique
Stamped, InkType
InscriptionLocation
Peak liningTranscription
"30"Material/Technique
In Artist's Hand, InkDimensions
Dimension Description
CapWidth
25 cmDepth
8 cmLength
25 cmDiameter
25 cmCircumference
53 cmDimension Notes
Diameter measures the crown
Circumference measures the inside sweatband.
