Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

NAVAL SERVICE CAP 1941

Date

1941

Materials

COTTON, WOOL

No. Pieces

1

Height

8.2

Length

24

Width

23

Description

WHITE COTTON SEAMAN'S CAP WITH NAVY BLUE WOOL TALLY, 2.5CM WIDE. NAVY BLUE WOOL TWILL, 2.5CM WIDE, STITCHED TO INSIDE OF CAP AT EITHER SIDE; RUNS OVERTOP CAP NEAR CENTRE. INTERIOR HATBAND STAMPED IN WHITE "J.J. KAMINSKI". PARTIAL LINING INSIDE CAP, AT THE CENTRE OF WHICH IS STAMPED "RAYMAN CAP CO TORONTO 6 7/8 1941". CAP IS SOILED AND DISCOLORED THROUGHOUT.

Subjects

CLOTHING-HEADWEAR

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

DONATED TO LEGION BY UNKNOWN DONOR, THEN TO MUSEUM BY LEGION. PRIOR HISTORY UNKNOWN. SEE P19970073026-36-GA FOR RELATED PIECES. SEE P19970073001-GA FOR HISTORY. CAP WORN WITH SUMMER ISSUE UNIFORM, FOR MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE. IN MARCH 2010, COLLECTIONS CONTACTED BRUNO KAMINSKI WITH REGARDS TO CANADIAN NAVY ITEMS DONATED BY THE LOCAL LEGION IN 1997. BRUNO WAS THE BROTHER OF J. (JOHN) KAMINSKI (D. 29 NOV 1974, VANCOUVER, B.C.) - A POTENTIAL, UNCONFIRMED OWNER OF RELEVANT NAVAL ARTIFACTS P1997073029, 32-33,35-36. ACCORDING TO BRUNO, JOHN WAS NOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY DURING WWII, BUT WAS INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL SEA CADETS IN 1945. “HE WAS QUITE A CHARACTER” HE SAID, “HE HAD TO BE NEAR A LOT OF WATER, HE WAS A WATER MAN”. SOON AFTER 1945, HE “RAN AWAY FROM HOME” AND GOT A JOB ON THE WEST COAST ON A TUG BOAT AT THE AGE OF 15. HE WORKED HIS WAY UP THE LADDER, PASSING HIS CAPTAIN’S EXAM, BUT, ACCORDING TO BRUNO AND THE LOCAL PAPER, HAD TO WAIT FOR THE POSITION ON ACCOUNT THAT HE HAD NOT TURNED 21 YET. BRUNO BELIEVES THAT HE AND BROTHER KAZ - ALSO IN THE CADETS - RETURNED JOHN’S CADET UNIFORM TO THE CADET HALL. IF THE ARTIFACTS AT THE GALT ARE HIS BROTHER’S, BRUNO HAS NO IDEA HOW THEY CAME TO BE DEPOSITED AT THE LEGION. FINALLY, BRUNO IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE PERIOD’S CADET UNIFORMS WERE VISUALLY IDENTICAL TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY UNIFORMS, INCLUDING INKED, STENCIL MARKED NAMES INSIDE. ANOTHER POTENTIAL OWNER OF THE “KAMINSKI” MATERIAL IS JOHN JOSEPH KAMINSKI (SN. V-38104) ORIGINALLY OF STETTLER, ALBERTA. AS OF MARCH 2010, NO CONTACT WAS BEEN MADE WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL OR HIS FAMILY TO CONFIRM THE POSSIBILITY OF HIS MILITARY EFFECTS HAVING BEEN DEPOSITED AT LETHBRIDGE’S ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REFERENCE THE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19970073036

Acquisition Date

1997-08

Collection

Museum

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