Nice Dated Portrait - Cap Question?

[Roy]

Hi Chaps,

I have just added this nice photographic postcard to my collection/album of a seated KSLI solider. This example has a short message to the rear and unusually a date - March 1918 - always nice to have a specific date, as most don't.

Question: Take a look at the top brim of the cap, just above the cap badge. It appears deliberately altered. I can't tell if it is just pushed in or has been permanently sewn/altered/made that way. Just wondering if anyone has seen this before or know what it is?

Cheers, Roy.

[Alan O]

It looks pushed in to me. He has the cloth s/ts and collar pinned into the neck which is typical of a late war picture and matches your date. Thanks for posting.

[Roy]

Hi Alan,

Thank you for that. Yes pushed up it could be but it is clearly deliberate whatever it is. I wonder why..

Perhaps just a personal style?

Cheers, Roy.

[MH331]

It's a personal affectation I have asimilar picture of a Gunner in the RFA with a similar 'dent' in the brim. I suspect a photo for the missus or folks back home.

Originally Posted by Roy

Hi Alan,

Thank you for that. Yes pushed up it could be but it is clearly deliberate whatever it is. I wonder why..

Perhaps just a personal style?

Cheers, Roy.

[Roy]

Thanks for that.

Very helpful to no this detail has been seen before.

Cheers, Roy.