I had to remove a field made stiffener from a Guards interwars OR's service dress cap (and keep it bagged with the cap) - it was carefully made from a bit of orange box type wood riveted to a piece of leather wrapped around the crown wire and was wearing a hole through the fabric, same problem with a 1950's or 60's one but I've left that alone as the damage is already done.
I say a field made stiffener - my father told me that caps were set up by the battalion tailors.
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