Handmade Tuque - RMR colours

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Royal Montreal Regiment Museum

Name/Title

Handmade Tuque - RMR colours

Entry/Object ID

2025x.03.09

Description

Hand-knitted tuque in the RMR colours, navy, garnet and gold.

Use

This tuque was most likely made by a family member or the ladies committee, and sent overseas to the men serving on the front lines. These handmade gifts were morale boosters for the soldiers, and were a way for loved ones at home to involve themselves in the war effort.

Made/Created

Notes

No date - likely WWII

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Tuque

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Cap, Stocking

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cap

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Headwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects