Object number
200205.1.6
Title
Field Cap
Creator
Description
Major's peaked cap. Black top with red piping, blue band and black peak. Peak has gold braid around it and black chinstrap. ER II badge on front. There is a metal bar clipped on to the underside to keep the cap in shape. Inside is the maker's label which is the Royal Crest "BY APPOINTMENT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HATTERS" below that, it states that it was supplied by "HERBERT JOHNSON, 38 NEW BOND ST, LONDON W". All of which is in a shield with a seated mythical creature above. There is a cardboard box which the cap was originally supplied in, that has a label on top which has postage marks and labels. Then printed the Royal Crest "BY APPOINTMENT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HATTERS, HERBERT JOHNSON (BOND STREET) LTD, 38 NEW BOND ST LONDON W". There is a crest which comprises of a seated mythical creature above a scroll that reads "NUNQUAM NON PARATUS" hatters within a shield. The box is addressed to Lt Aston and is dated 1966, the date of his commissioning. It presumably contained his original Lt's cap as there is an old peak inside.
Date
1966 - 1981
Production period
Windsor, 1910-
Material
Dimensions
- Length: cap 250 mm
- Width: cap 250 mm
- Height: cap 145 mm
- Length: box 300 mm
- Width: box 300 mm
- Height: box 160 mm