|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
||||
|
||||
RCAF No?
Take a look at the badge in this picture & tell me who wore this type of cap. First I thought it was a Army cap with a Air Force badge in it but the background of the badge is khali. Could it still be RCAF? He has it listed as Army WWI, Even the RCAF didn't wear that badge in ww1.. http://cgi.ebay.ca/WW1-Canadian-Army...3A6%7C294%3A50
Last edited by boots and saddles; 23-10-09 at 01:55 PM. |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
Hi Ray, that's a good ol' RCAF Officer's peaked cap, worn until 1953'ish. That seller is a so-called "antiques" dealer and wouldn't the difference between army or air force cap ( I was thinking of another saying but, in English, I'm way too polite to write it in this Forum). He's even selling an "antique Air Canada" cap.......
Jo
__________________
"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
So Jo is it really a khaki colour cap to go with the summer dress uniform? OR
Does it only appear to be khaki, I've never seen one that colour. |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
Ray, I checked the Dress Orders for the Royal Canadian Air Force 1958, and the only colour for caps is blue. That covers 1958 and on, but not prior.
|
#5
|
||||
|
||||
As far as I can see, from the photograph, the cap is a very very faded regulation RAF/RACF blue and nowhere near khaki.......If you look at an enlargement (bottom right) of the cap badge, you can see the colour of the cap around the cap badge, which is blue.
Jo
__________________
"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. |
#6
|
||||
|
||||
Jo, I think you are right, even the backing of the badge looks khaki in that photo. I think the whole thing is badly faded blue ,now that I've taken a better look.
|
|
|