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Originally Posted by pukman
A felt hat, as worn by a New Zealand machine gun section ,Trooper , in Egypt /Sinai /Palestine in WW1 .
These were replacement British manufactured felt hats ,and sometimes worn with the plain puggaree or with a standard New Zealand Mounted rifles puggaree over the top of the plain one .
A wonder how many of these have been misidentified as A.I.F
Cheers Iain.
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This is a British made Slouch hat ( dated 1918 and marker marked) worn by an Australian chap from the AFC have photo of him wearing hat , notice it is the same type of hat you show Iain so these were made for both NZ and Aust soldiers .
Cheers Rob