RARE & UNIQUE "HALF" ARMY FELT "SLOUCH" HAT WITH FOUR CARAVAN BADGES, 56 cm, REDUCED BY R200.00

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Location

South Africa

Bob Shop ID

206387397

The Army refers to the slouch hat by its official designation; Hat khaki fur felt (KFF) - to everyone else it is a ‘Slouch Hat’. The word ‘slouch’ refers to the sloping brim which is gone in this case :-(, but it has a couple of caravan camper badges and a 1968 mozambican coin which makes it very unique!

I guess that one day the push buttons at the rim broke and the owner just cut it off to get rid of the holes, also the sweatband is nearly completely gone - this hat is old and a rarity!

56 cm in circumference!

Packaging & Postage with tracking number is R40.00

Some history: The khaki hat, first adopted into Australian military service in 1885 when it was chosen for the newly-formed Victorian Mounted Rifles, featured a high-domed crown and a narrow brim, the brim was turned up on the right side. The most well known of various new embelishments was the emu feather plume worn by the Light Horse. The colony of New South Wales adopted a felt hat for its mounted troops. In 1890, local military commandants agreed that all their forces, except the artillery (who wore helmets), should adopt a felt hat. This hat was worn with an indented crown, looped up on the left side and decorated with plumage, the hat was first worn overseas in the South African War.

Further standardisation and changes to embellishments occurred from time to time, with the raising of the 1st AIF in 1914, the reorganisation in 1922 of the Australian Military Forces and the introduction of the voluntary militia force in 1930, 1939 and in postwar years.