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Vintage hats need help.

B-Man2

B-Man2

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Hi Guys
I’m at a military show and I’m thinking about picking up some navy caps . Can anyone identify these crests ?
Thanks
PS … I’m pretty sure the last one is an embroidered US Navy Junior Officers Cap .
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B-Man2

B-Man2

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I now think the first hat may be a British Royal Navy Officers cap . The second cap may be a US Merchant Marine Officers cap but I’m still not sure of this info . If anyone knows please let me know.
Thanks
 
B-Man2

B-Man2

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Still having trouble trying to ID this hat and crest. I thought it was a Royal Navy Cap but now I’m not sure about that . Anyones help is most welcome .
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Spitfireace

Spitfireace

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Canadian Navy is the same as British Navy. Being Khaki, it is a tropical dress cap. I think it's a NCO cap as the officers cap is the same but with a different badge. Hard to find any images of one of those.

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Pilot

Pilot

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B-Man2 said:
Still having trouble trying to ID this hat and crest. I thought it was a Royal Navy Cap but now I’m not sure about that . Anyones help is most welcome . View attachment 87679
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Maybe Dutch.
Need to check in my archives.

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Pilot

Pilot

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Spitfireace said:
Canadian Navy is the same as British Navy. Being Khaki, it is a tropical dress cap. I think it's a NCO cap as the officers cap is the same but with a different badge. Hard to find any images of one of those.

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With US AAF A-4 briefcase..
On the manequin its a post war satchel ( hence no markings).
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Spitfireace

Spitfireace

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No, I thought the cap may be Dutch as well. It seems like maybe a larger badge than British Royal Navy. But there is no colour used in the crest (cap badge). So that leads me to think it's not an officer cap regardless of the country. There are so many variants of where the chain goes around the anchor to the right or to the left. Makes it hard to tell which country and which era. How many other royal countries should we be looking at? Not sure what the briefcase has to do with anything regarding the origin of the cap. Getting on a tangent.
 
jack31916

jack31916

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The Dutch navy has (or had) a khaki coloured cap as part of the tropical workdress but this is not a Dutch navy cap. The Dutch anchor has a stock and a rope.and the crown is also very different shaped.
 
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JonnyCrow

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B-Man2 said:
I now think the first hat may be a British Royal Navy Officers cap . The second cap may be a US Merchant Marine Officers cap but I’m still not sure of this info . If anyone knows please let me know.
Thanks
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Burt the first definitely not royal navy, no red velvet crown, I think it's merch I've seen similar to that
 
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