11TH HUSSARS BERETS
Hi Guys
I had today ( pre arranged ) as I know one of the curators at the Horse Power Museum ( The Kings royal Hussars Museum ) in winchester the good fortune to have a good look and handle What can only be described as a unique hands on expereance of handerling some of the rarest berets in exstance the cheery pickers WWII berets here are the pics of the berets as you will see they are not what you would 1st think and are unique item of head dress . There was only about 1500 serving personel in the 11 hussars during WWII they had a brown beret with a red ( wine red ) band around them
exampes are very hard to find let alone see out side of the museum A BIG THANKS TO THE CHAPS AT THE MUSEUM FOR ALLOWING ME TO BRING THESE TO THE FORUM !!!
PICS 1-2 Privately made example off an officers example made by Herbert Johnson
PICS 3-10 Are issue examples all dating from WWII
Last edited by ASR142; 08-10-13 at 06:01 PM.
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