The internal brim band is 1 piece of material cut to the same shape as the brim of the beret this is then stitched to the internal crown section of the beret and has its seam at the rear of the beret.
At 2 o'clock there is an added half moon reinforced piece of material added to help support the badge this was normal machine stitched in place by direct stitching or by a potato sack style stitch which despite modern theories was around during WWII note the last picture of a 1941 pattern 42 dated ATS skirt ( Always check to see if this has been removed from the beret signs of it will show up)
Pic 6 shows 2 internal half moon section both from WWII kangol wear berets the top one is a 1943 example the bottom is a 1945 example both named and numbered which shows manufacturing did change during the war a bit but as a whole it did not the potato stitching tends to be used more in the late war Admiralty purchase berets see the RN commando beret later in this thread.
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