CAP, SERVICE

Description: DARK GREEN PEAK CAP WITH ARTILLERY CAP BADGE AND EMBROIDERED PEAK. CAP IS COTTON BERET SHAPED DISC WITH HAT BAND FASTENED VERTICALLY TO BOTTOM OF DISC. HAT BAND IS CARDBOARD BAND WITH NYLON LINING AND WOOL COVERING ON OUTSIDE. HAT BAND HAS BROWN LEATHER LINING SEWN TO IT. SEWN TO FRONT IS BLACK CRESCENT SHAPED PEAK BRIM. BRIM HAS EMBROIDERED GOLD COLORED NYLON LAURELS, WHICH ARE DIRTY. AT SIDES OF HAT ARE TWO POLISHED BRASS BUTTONS WHICH HAVE BLACK LEATHER STRAP LOOPED OVER THEM. BUTTONS HAVE LION PASSANT WEARING A QUEEN'S CROWN THAT IS HOLDING A FLEUR-DE-LIS IN RAISED PAW. INNER LINING OF CAP IS SMOKEY PLASTIC SEWN TO INSIDE OF TOP IS WHITE LABEL WHICH READS "PRINCIPAL CAP CAP SERVICE SENIOR OFFICER CF MARCH 1972" AND "8405-21-852-5413 SIZE: 7 1/2". STAMPED IN BLUE INK ON PLASTIC LINING IS SMUDGED LOGO OF CIRCLE WITH AND ARROW INSIDE IT. ON FRONT IS BRASS CAP BADGE. BADGE IS OF ARTILLERY CANNON WITH SPONGE ROD. ON TOP IS QUEEN'S CROWN AND "UBIQUE" INSIDE SHORT RIBBON BANNER. IN LONG RIBBON BANNER ACROSS BOTTOM IS "QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT". CAP BADGE IS HEAVILY TARNISHED. SIDES OF TOP HAVE TWO EYELET VENTS MADE OF STEEL PAINTED BLACK.

History: THIS IS A SENIOR OFFICERS CAP FROM 1972. CAP WAS FOUND IN STORAGE AT ARMOURIES AND WAS DONATED BY 18TH AIR DEFENSE REGIMENT.