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GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE

GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE
GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE

GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE

SO, IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PLEASE GET IN TOUCH.. OFFERED HERE IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE WW1 BRITISH ARMY'S'SERVICE DRESS CAP, SOFT' MORE COMMONLY KNOWN TODAY AS THE 1917 PATTERN'TRENCH' CAP. COMPLETE WITH IT'S ORIGINAL THIN LEATHER CHINSTRAP AND WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE IT'S ORIGINAL LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT CAP BADGE. THE CAP IS IN SUPERB ISSUED AND SERVICE WORN CONDITION WITH NO MOTHING OR DAMAGE AND IS IN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SIZE FOR THE WW1 PERIOD AS IS USUALLY THE CASE THE MAKER'S SIZE AND DATE STAMP IS LONG WORN OFF THE OILCLOTH CROWN LINING BUT THE CAP MEASURES ROUGHLY 58-59cm AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE HEADBAND, WHICH EQUATES TO A US/UK SIZE 7 1/8 TO 7 1/4.

THE CAP IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THE 1917 PATTERN'TRENCH' CAP ALTHOUGH OF COURSE THEY WERE NEVER WORN IN THE TRENCHES AS BY THE TIME OF THEIR INTRODUCTION BRITISH ARMY REGULATIONS STATED THAT NOBODY WAS ALLOWED WITHIN ABOUT 2 MILES OF THE FRONTLINE WITHOUT WEARING A HELMET! THE CAP IS MADE IN THE CORRECT KHAKI WOOL MATERIAL WITH GREY SHIRTING MATERIAL INNER HEADBAND AND A BLACK OILCLOTH CROWN LINING. THIN BROWN LEATHER CHINSTRAP WITH TWO BRASS GENERAL SERVICE CAP BUTTONS AND TWO BROWN PAINTED METAL VENTILATION EYELETS TO EACH SIDE OF THE CROWN OVERHANG.

MULTIPLE ROW STITCHING TO BOTH THE HEADBAND AND THE SHORT ROUND PEAK. GIVEN IT'S AGE THE CAP SURVIVES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR A WW1 SERVICE WORN EXAMPLE AND HAS NO MOTHING OR DAMAGE. THE ONLY ISSUES ARE THE USUAL AGE-RELATED LIGHT CRACKING AND SLIGHT SURFACE LOSS TO THE OILSKIN CROWN LINING THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED ON A GENUINE WW1 CAP AND IN FACT THE CROWN LINING IS BETTER THAN AVERAGE.. AND A TINY AMOUNT OF VERDIGRIS TO THE SMALL BRASS CHINSTRAP RIVET.

OVERALL A SUPERB, 100% GENUINE EXAMPLE OF THE ICONIC BRITISH ARMY WW1 1917 PATTERN TRENCH CAP IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION AND IN A RARE LARGE SIZE - UNUSUALLY, I BELIEVE THE BADGE TO BE ORIGINAL TO THIS CAP. WITH THE EARLY CORDOVAN BROWN LEATHER PEAK AND CHINSTRAP - A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THIS MUCH SOUGHT AFTER CAP, THEY ARE APPEARING FOR SALE MUCH LESS FREQUENTLY THAN EVER BEFORE AND THIS CAP IN PARTICULAR WOULD BE A REAL CREDIT TO ANY WW1 BRITISH ARMY COLLECTION.. LOW START PRICE AND MY USUAL LOW RESERVE..

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO HAVE A LOOK AT MY OTHER LISTINGS TONIGHT AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR MORE WW1 AND WW2 BRITISH UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT ITEMS.. The item "GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE" is in sale since Sunday, November 15, 2015. This item is in the category "Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Uniforms". The seller is "baines820" and is located in Lincolnshire.

This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, to all countries in Europe, to Japan, to Australia.

  • Type: Uniform/ Clothing
  • Era: 1914-1945
  • Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
  • Service: Army
  • Country/ Organization: Great Britain
  • Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom


GENUINE & ORIGINAL WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 PATTERN KHAKI WOOL TRENCH CAP RARE