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#1
07-05-20, 10:35 PM
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Unknown WW2 UK / Canadian / India side cap
Hello
I am looking to identify the below side hat. It was made in India and is dark blue with light blue piping and blue inside the top. I can not identify it as being British so was thinking it might be Indian or Canadian Regards Matt 
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#2
08-05-20, 08:23 AM
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It looks very similar to a Cambridgeshire Regt cap except for a few minor differences, maybe an Indian version which was made as a replacement during the Cambridgeshire Regt's visit to India prior to their posting to Singapore.
Rob Last edited by Sonofacqms; 08-05-20 at 09:58 AM.
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08-05-20, 09:00 AM
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Could be Royal Signals.
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#4
09-05-20, 07:30 AM
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Cheers gents. I must admit Cambridgeshire regt was the only one that Looked at all similar in the books I’ve been looking at. As you say it’s got the right colours but just in slightly different places. Also looks a bit like an army educational services. Again - right colours but not quite there. The piping is the real wild card
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#5
09-05-20, 07:49 AM
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As I recall, RAEC has a light blue body to the cap, dark blue curtain.
R. Sigs is found as per the one you show, also with the front peak of light blue and front peak of dark blue, unpiped. The light blue is a paler shade than the one you show, but if it's Indian made that could explain the less than exact colour match. As you say, piping's not always "accurate" compared to published references like the Phillips booklet, Colored Field Service Caps: Infantry, British Uniforms and Insignia of World War II and others.
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#6
09-05-20, 07:58 AM
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"Britton at War" has a cap as per the one you show for sale as R. Signals albeit the light blue of the vent and piping isn't as bright.
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