Hat, Lemon Squeezer
Description
A khaki felt Lemon Squeezer hat. There is a red and khaki-coloured infantry puggaree around the crown and a metal New Zealand Rifle Brigade badge on the centre front.
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Subject person
Classification
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This
Lemon
Squeezer
hat
belonged
to
well
known
Taranaki
nurseryman
Sir
Victor
Davies.
He
served
in
World
War
I
from
1915
and
was
in
Germany
with
the
Army
of
Occupation,
as
a
senior
lecturer
in
horticulture
for
the
New
Zealand
Occupied
area
which
gave
him
the
opportunity
to
study
forestation
in
Germany
and
France.
This
knowledge
proved
to
be
of
great
value
to
him
in
later
years
after
he
returned
to
play
a
leading
role
in
the
firm
Duncan
and
Davies.
Accession number
A91.955
Collection type
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