Frank54 Posted 14 May , 2022 Share Posted 14 May , 2022 Good day all, I am told this is a WW1 era cap, but this is the first time I see one with leather on the visor. Is this really a WW1 era cap? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 14 May , 2022 Share Posted 14 May , 2022 2 hours ago, Frank54 said: Good day all, I am told this is a WW1 era cap, but this is the first time I see one with leather on the visor. Is this really a WW1 era cap? Regards It’s unusual to trim the edge of the peak with leather but relatively common to do so with the cuffs of service dress jackets so not impossible. Many officers favoured using their more worn uniform as trench wear so I suppose it’s possible that such a cap was worn within those bounds. I have never seen one in wear in a contemporary photo though so it’s best to be cautious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNCVR Posted 14 May , 2022 Share Posted 14 May , 2022 I am by no means an expert on Army caps, but the leather on this cap does not look like 1WW vintage to me, its appears quite shiny, 1WW period leather should be somewhat crazed at least. The cap looks more to be of 2WW vintage to me also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 14 May , 2022 Share Posted 14 May , 2022 (edited) On 14/05/2022 at 16:11, RNCVR said: I am by no means an expert on Army caps, but the leather on this cap does not look like 1WW vintage to me, its appears quite shiny, 1WW period leather should be somewhat crazed at least. The cap looks more to be of 2WW vintage to me also. Yes that’s an excellent point Bryan. I suppose at best it might be a circa WW1 cap that had a damaged peak retrospectively fitted with leather to mask a frayed edging. Edited 15 May , 2022 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank54 Posted 15 May , 2022 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2022 Thank you very much for your answers. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted 15 May , 2022 Share Posted 15 May , 2022 (edited) There was a regiment that wore SD with leather trim, can't remember which, also the high front and crusher sides looks WWII imo Edited 15 May , 2022 by Jerry B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank54 Posted 16 May , 2022 Author Share Posted 16 May , 2022 Thank you for the advises. I will pass on this one. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark holden Posted 28 August , 2022 Share Posted 28 August , 2022 Late to this thread but definitely not WW1 likely interwar or early WW2. Chinstrap is too big. The shade of material has the brown shade of Post WW1 caps( not a definitive indication but). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank54 Posted 28 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 28 August , 2022 Thank you for the informations Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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