CAP, SERVICE

Description: NAVY BLUE PEAK CAP WITH RED HAT BAND AND BLACK BRIM WITH WIRE EMBROIDERY ON PEAK. TOP OF CAP IS DISC SHAPED WITH HAT BAND SEWN VERTICALLY TO BOTTOM. DISC HAS LOST ITS SUPPORT WIRE AND DROOPS ON BOTH SIDES. HAT BAND IS RED WITH BLUE BOTTOM EDGING. BRIM OF HAT IS CARDBOARD WITH BLACK PLASTIC COVER. PEAK HAS STRAIGHT WIRE EMBROIDERY WITH COILED WIRE EDGING. HAT BAND HAS LEATHER LINING SEWN TO IT. NARROW BLACK LEATHER CHIN STRAP HAS BEEN LOOPED OVER POLISHED BRASS BUTTONS AT SIDES OF HAT BAND. BUTTONS HAVE QUEEN'S CROWN AND AN ARTILLERY CANNON WITH SPONGE ROD RAISED ON THEM. THE NAME "JACOBSON" IS HAND PRINTED IN BLUE INK ON LEATHER LINING. TOP OF HAT HAS GREEN LINING WITH PLASTIC COVER. TWO HOLES ARE ON SIDES OF TOP, EACH WITH BLACK PAINTED STEEL EYELET. BOTTOM OF FRONT EDGE ON PEAK BINDING IS SLIGHTLY WORN. AT FRONT OF HAT BAND ARE TWO HOLES WHERE CAP BADGE WAS PLACED. HAT BAND IS DIRTY. WIRE EMBROIDERY ON PEAK IS TARNISHED.

History: THIS IS A SENIOR ARTILLERY OFFICER'S PEAK CAP FROM THE 1960'S. THE NAME JACOBSON ON LINING INDICATES CAP BELONGED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL RONALD A. JACOBSON WHO WAS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 18TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT IN LETHBRIDGE FROM JANUARY 1967 TO APRIL 1970 WHEN THE REGIMENT WAS REDUCED TO A SINGLE BATTERY. COLONEL JACOBSON WOULD MOVE ON IN CIVILIAN LAW PRACTICE BUT REMAINED IN ACTIVE SERVICE ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS. IN 1992 HE WAS APPOINTED COLONEL COMMANDANT OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY, A POSITION HE HELD UNTIL AUGUST OF 1995. THE CAP WAS FOUND IN STORAGE AT THE ARMOURIES AND DONATED BY THE 18TH AIR DEFENSE REGIMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE P19960061001-GA.