Australian Officers Service Dress cap

**Jerry B** · 12-03-2016, 06:37 PM

post 53 Aussie made and issued SD cap with AA queens crown buttons. It came with the SAS badge on it so I have left it for now but I am certain the badge is a duffer, though it does appear to have been on the cap for some time. Traces of another badge can be seen so it is not the first badge to have been on the cap.

The cap was very sensibly priced, local to me and I have been after one of these for some time for my collection so I am very pleased.

**Jerry B** · 12-05-2016, 03:49 PM

With the badge removed, you can see that the badge has been on their long enough to have left an imprint of it.

Officially the Aussie SAS wore the staybright AA badge but some bought private purchase badges like this.

It was cheap for an Aussie SD cap, the postage for one from Aus would have cost more than the cap was.

**Ubique** · 12-06-2016, 05:37 AM

Good score Jerry. Its quite possible the officer was posted into the SAS and simply swapped badges.
Leather band seems wider than most? Or is it the camera angle?

Oz.

**Jerry B** · 12-06-2016, 07:36 AM

by Ubique

Good score Jerry. Its quite possible the officer was posted into the SAS and simply swapped badges.
Leather band seems wider than most? Or is it the camera angle?

Oz.

It is a wider than usual band, no idea why, perhaps because it is Aussie or date related or a personal affectation.