BERET
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- W W II
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- WOOL, LEATHER, COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19970073055
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- W W II
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- WOOL, LEATHER, COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 8.3
- Length
- 27.4
- Width
- 27.6
- Description
- ONE-PIECE KHAKI WOOL BERET WITH LEATHER HEAD BAND. LINED WITH BLACK COTTON, STAMPED IN GREEN "DOROTHEA HATS LTD. TORONTO 7 1944". GREEN DRAWSTRING THROUGH LEATHER BAND, VISIBLE AT OPENING AT BACK. TWO EYELETS ON ONE SIDE; LEATHER PIECE BELOW MARKED "M3811". BRASS ARTILLERY CAP BADGE OVER LEFT EYE. RED WOOL AND WHITE LINEN BACKING BENEATH. BADGE CONSISTS OF GUN AND CARRIAGE AT CENTRE WITH CROWN AT TOP AND "UBIQUE QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT" IN BANNERS ABOVE AND BELOW. CARDBOARD PIECE INSIDE CAP WHERE PIN ATTACHES. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN HOLE IN TOP CENTRE OF CAP, NOW SEWN.
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-HEADWEAR
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- DONATED TO LEGION BY UNKNOWN DONOR, THEN TO MUSEUM BY LEGION. SEE P19970073001-GA FOR HISTORY OF COLLECTION.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970073055
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-08
- Collection
- Museum
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