Hat, Lemon Squeezer
Production date
Circa 1939-Circa 1945
Description
A khaki-coloured Lemon Squeezer hat with a red and khaki-coloured puggaree. The centre front has a metal badge that depicts a laurel wreath with NZ in the centre surmounted by a crown. The scroll below the initials NZ reads: "Onward".
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Object detail
Production date
Circa 1939-Circa 1945
Production period
Subject person
Classification
Credit line
Belonged
to
Jack
Wall.
Reg
No.
54871,
11th
Taranaki
Regt.
(Pacific
Theatre).
Accession number
A91.642
Collection type
Public comments
This felt hat was originally an Australian Defence Forces 'slouch' hat. Note the fixing dome on the left side of both the crown and the outer edge of the brim for holding up the left side brim. This hat has been reconfigured into a lemon squeezer.
- Colin Andrews posted 10 years ago.