Description
Physical description
cap
Khaki serge service dress cap with a rigid cloth covered peak & a brown leather chinstrap and pair of small brass GS pattern buttons. Inside the cap is lined with black oilskin cloth.
Label
The standard service dress cap prescribed for wear by all non-commissioned ranks of the British Army from 1905, excluding Scottish regiments. With its round top and stiff peak, the cap was not an entirely practical form of headdress in sunshine or windy weather.
One concession to wet conditions was that it was lined with a waterproof black oilskin composition to the crown.
The cap continued in service throughout the First World War but was augmented by the 1915 pat. winter trench cap, known as the 'Gor Blimey', and the later soft peaked field cap in 1917. Both of the latter had their merits, and had the uppermost regard of comfort to the soldier in mind and could be folded away and stowed easily when not worn.
Naturally as shrapnel helmets became available on a wider scale of issue from 1916, cloth headdress was worn less in the trenches.
History note
The standard service dress cap prescribed for wear by all non-commissioned ranks of the British Army from 1905, excluding Scottish regiments. With its round top and stiff peak, the cap was not an entirely practical form of headdress in sunshine or windy weather.
One concession to wet conditions was that it was lined with a waterproof black oilskin composition to the crown.
The cap continued in service throughout the First World War but was augmented by the 1915 pat. winter trench cap, known as the 'Gor Blimey', and the later soft peaked field cap in 1917. Both of the latter had their merits, and had the uppermost regard of comfort to the soldier in mind and could be folded away and stowed easily when not worn.
Naturally as shrapnel helmets became available on a wider scale of issue from 1916, cloth headdress was worn less in the trenches.
Printed (in gold on label inside)
HOBSON & SONS 1,3,&5, LEXINGTON ST. GOLDEN SQUARE LONDON, W. ARMY CONTRACTORS CAP AND ACCOUTREMENT MAKERS