Fabricated from a black wool on the exterior, featuring the classic high peak, the upper edge trimmed in black wool covered piping. It has a 38 mm wide band in black wool displaying a repeating thatched-look pattern around its circumference. There is a 92 mm (w) x 68 mm (h) Royal Navy officer's cap badge on the front, the silvered fouled anchor in the centre, surmounted by the George V crown in silvered and gold-coloured bullion wire, in various textures, the voided areas of the crown in maroon felt, with touches of red and green embroidery along with black threading giving definition to the base of the crown, the surrounding leafing in gold-coloured bullion wire, in various textures, on a black wool base. The stiff visor is finished in black wool on the upper, with two facing branches of oak leaves in fine gold-coloured bullion wire, the raised midribs of the leaves in rolled gold-coloured bullion wire, with a reinforcing strip in black patent leather stitched in place on the edge.
There is a black patent leather strap with dual adjustable sliders that runs across the front between the black fabric wrapped buttons on either side. The underside of the visor is in a hunter green synthetic material, the sidewalls and dome lined in a purple cotton, the underlying framework in a thatched wicker-like material. It incorporates a 50 mm wide sweatband in leather, the upper with a smooth cinnamon brown finish, the ends of which are sewn together via brown threading at the rear. There is a leather patch stitched in place in the dome bearing the Royal "By Appointment" insignia and the "GIEVES Ltd" manufacturer's mark. The cap measures 270 mm in width x 290 mm in depth x 105 mm in height, exhibiting light soiling on the underside of the visor, the sweatband and the interior lining from active use. It is of very fine quality manufacture, the cap badge remaining pristine, the cap itself free of mothing. Near extremely fine.