Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely, worn example of a wool officer's forage cap. Fully lined with a heavily worn leather sweatband. Features the classic string closure eyelits to the back but unfortunately no longer has the string present. This example has very heavy moth damage to the back edge and some on the visor.
The front features a lovely metal five-pointed imperial Japanese star cap badge on a background the same color as the cap. The chinstrap is missing on this example. The leather sweatband has quite a bit of cracking to it and has degraded from wear and time. There are Kanji characters on the interior which have been translated as MATSUMOTO, supposedly the surname of the officer who wore it. There is a paper with the hat confirming this translation.
A great example, ready for further research and display.
Forage Caps
Forage cap is the designation given to various types of military undress, fatigue or working headwear. These varied widely in form, according to country or period. The coloured peaked cap worn by the modern British Army for parade and other dress occasions is still officially designated as a forage cap.
History
In the 18th century, forage caps were small cloth caps worn by British cavalrymen when undertaking work duties such as foraging for food for their horses. The term was later applied to undress caps worn by men of all branches and regiments as a substitute for the full dress headdress.
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