WW1 British cap and display

[douglas2496]

Hi everyone, just got this British Enlisted Man's 1917 pattern cap. It is unmarked (apart from the remains of a WD stamp). I have badged it to the Royal Artillery, as the seller said the badge it came with was not the original.

It is displayed here with a Stokes mortar bomb, a Mill's grenade, an ammunition pouch, a Princess Mary Brass tin, a 1917 SMLE rifle and bayonet, 1917 dated binoculars, a messtin and spoon, a button cleaning stick and razor, a pair of wire cutters, a paybook, a map of Belgium and a 1915 dated flare pistol. Any comments welcome.

Doug

[Jerry B]

A top notch display as always Douglas.

I would really like to add one of these caps to my collection some day.

[Gunny Hartmann]

Very nice display, i know very little about these caps, do they have a waterproof lining?...

[douglas2496]

Thanks guys. The lining is waterproof oilskin.

[William1]

That's an interesting cap. It appears to be a stitched peak cap lined in exactly the way as the stiff cap, with the "pull out" sweatband as opposed to the usual fully stitched-in type. If I'm right, that makes it one of the very first stitched peak ones from early in 1916 and extremely rare.