Inventarnummer
4101.151.7
Titel
RE Railway Companies Forage Cap
Hersteller
Beschreibung
A sealed pattern blue forage cap, with stiff peak for RE railway companies. The cap is made from blue felt with a cloth lining. Above the peak there is a leather band held in place by small brass buttons. The lining has a label with the following "HOBSON & SONS, ARMY, VOLUNTEER, RAILWAY & POLICE. CLOTHING CONTRACTORS. HELMET, CAP AND ACCOUTREMENT MAKERS. 1, 3 & 5 Lexington Street, HAYMARKET, LONDON W.". Attached are a pair of war department seals and a pair of labels that reads "ROYAL ARMY CLOTHING DEPARTMENT STANDARD PATTERN No. 1314 1887, Cap:- Forage R.E. Railway Cos and A.S.C.drivers, Mechcanical transport also Mechanical Coxswains ". Written on the reverse of the label "Soldiers trained in Electric Light duties, NCO's undergoing course of engine driving civil Coys, Mechanical transport drivers A.S.C., Artificers in Cos A.S.C., Army labourers and men engaged on Loco general and workshop duties, Interpreture Chinese Labour Corps, Chinese police"
Entstehungsort
London
Datum
1887 - 1887
Entstehungszeitraum
Victorian
Format
- Diameter: 260 mm
- Height: 110 mm