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British hats

Brigade Piron: Corporal; Location : UK
Registration date : 2011-06-05
Number of posts : 70

Post n°1

British hats

Post by Brigade Piron Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:27 pm

My few recent purchases:

1950 pattern Combat Cap, used but not in bad condition (spot the belgian sausage-skin camo in the background Very Happy

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and in Korea with the A&SH:
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A 1950-dated dark Blue Royal Artillery officer's beret:

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What do you think?

Brigade Piron

Brigade Piron: Corporal; Location : UK
Registration date : 2011-06-05
Number of posts : 70

Post n°2

Re: British hats

Post by Brigade Piron Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:09 pm

Sorry, Royal Engineers not Artillery Embarassed

Gulf91

Gulf91: Colonel; Age : 52
Location : Wales
Registration date : 2011-05-13
Number of posts : 3858

Post n°3

Re: British hats

Post by Gulf91 Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:18 am

Brigade Piron wrote:Sorry, Royal Engineers not Artillery

Nice hats there.

While the badge is British is the beret British?

Know it has the Broad Arrow but not seen that maker before?

Brigade Piron

Brigade Piron: Corporal; Location : UK
Registration date : 2011-06-05
Number of posts : 70

Post n°4

Re: British hats

Post by Brigade Piron Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:28 pm

Hmmmm... I'm pretty sure it is British - aside from the badge/colour etc. - I don't believe any other country uses/used imperial rather than metric size measurements!

arvp

arvp: Location : Fenland
Registration date : 2011-12-23
Number of posts : 5

Post n°5

Sorry to be pernickety but the cap in the photo worn by the A&SH is actually an American pile cap. The British combat cap was not issued until 1953.
The beret is definitely British - one of several manufacturers of midnight blue berets.