Great Britain. A Royal Artillery Forage Cap, c.1941

This fine quality cap has a 43 mm wide red wool band, with the body of the cap fabricated from a black wool, in the traditional flat top design with raised peak. There are four black metal eyelets, two on either side of the seam at the rear of the cap, on the underside of the overhang for ventilation. The front is adorned with a 47 mm (w) x 63.5 mm (h) bronze gilt Royal Artillery Cap Badge. The black patent leather visor has a black two-piece patent leather strap resting along the top edge, held in position via brass Royal Artillery buttons on both sides, along with a raised 17 mm wide border on the brim covered in gold-coloured bullion wire, trimmed in gold-coloured bullion wire cord on either side. The underside of the visor has a green synthetic finish, the visor itself very stiff. The 52 mm wide sweatband is fabricated from cinnamon brown leather, emboss stamped "Real Roam Leather" on the left side and letter punched with the initials "E H J E" on the right side, the two ends stitched together at the rear and completed by a light brown ribbon which is finished in a bow-tie. The sidewalls and dome are lined in moss green rayon, with a "HERBERT JOHNSON LONDON" manufacturer's stamp in the dome under the brown-tinted celluloid moisture shield. The visor exhibits crazing and surface wear in the patent leather and surface wear on the synthetic underside, the headband experiencing separation from the body of the cap where it butts the visor, along with light wear and soiling from active use, very fine.