Great Britain. An Army Brigadier's Forage Cap, C.1952-1953 Auction gilt button at the shoulder

gilt button at the shoulder end with the Navy's eagle standing upon an anchor and surrounded by thirteen stars with rope border insignia

written in collaboration with Madge Macbeth and published by The Ryerson Press in Toronto in 1954

the obverse with a central medallion bearing a raised monogram of Duke Wilhelm

who initially believed that the loss of all his aircraft would lead to his court-martial

clearly stamped with maker mark “Moritz Tiller & Co

Great Britain. An Army Brigadier's Forage Cap, C.1952-1953 Auction gilt button at the shoulderThis fine quality cap has a 45 mm wide red wool band, with the body of the cap fabricated from a black wool, in the traditional flat top design with raised peak. There are four black metal eyelets, two on either side of the seam at the rear of the cap, on the underside of the overhang for ventilation. The front is adorned with a 36. 5 mm (w) x 50 mm (h) Brigadier's Cap Badge, illustrating the lion standing upon the Queen's crown, the badge fabricated