Cap

Production date
1943
 Description
A blue serge Reserve Navy cap. The garment has a tan-coloured leather sweatband inside and a 2.3cm-wide blue chin strap. There is a 2.3cm-wide blue trim around brim and stamped on the leather sweatband reads: "Sanders & Brightman / Luton 1943". The number "7" is also printed within a circle on leather headband.
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Artist/Maker
Production role
Manufacturer
Production date
1943
Production period
World War II (1939 - 1945)
Subject person
Classification
Clothing - Headwear/Clothing/Personal Artifacts
Credit line
Belonged to Lieutenant Alan "Hardy" Good of the Reserve Naval Fleet. Good commanded one of the landing crafts during the DD Landings in WWII.
Accession number
TM.2000.281
Collection type
Militaria
Social History
Textiles
Material
Wool
Leather

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Thanks for that Barry, it is interesting to hear your opinion. The cap was donated along with other items of uniform belonging to Alan "Hardy" Good but I guess it is possible that a stray piece of female kit got mixed in there though just how that may have happened remains a mystery. These things are seldom simple are they?

- Andrew Moffat Manager Heritage / Pouarahi Tukuihotanga posted 10 years ago.

The sailor cap looks very much like a womens cap, (WRNS). The main difference is the soft unstiffened crown of the female cap. The cap pictured seams to be a second type, issued from Mid 1942. The male cap had a stiff and ridged crown. Barry

- Barry O'Sullivan posted 10 years ago.

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