Canadian SD Peaked Cap

[Jeffrey Magut]

I recently found this cap and am trying to determine its time period. Canada general service cap badge with lugs attachment, Canada Militia side buttons (KC and beaver) with a brown leather strap with sliders. Strap has both officer style sliders and a brass buckle. Faint Wm Scully of Montreal maker mark in the sweatband. Underside of the peak is covered in the same fabric as the top. Any help is appreciated.

[Jeffrey Magut]

side view

[Robert Shoaf]

Kings Crown badge, so pre-1953 cap. With that thin chinstrap & militia buttons, possibly even WWI era.

Bob Shoaf

[peter monahan]

Yes, this is a Great War cap, like the one below, which is in our War Museum in Ottawa. This one has, as stated, the GS badge. The buttons may be original or no, hard to say. Scully was a major supplier of Cdn war material - badges, caps and clothing.

[peter monahan]

Here's another example. Making no comment on the price, but there are a bunch of nice shots of the details of the cap.

https://www.emedals.com/north-americ...ers-sons-c2463

[Bond]

nice cap, I would like to see the underside in its entirety as the peak looks a bit later than great war in its shape, though the very thin chinstrap is early, but is an easy item to swap. nice cap all the same

[Jeffrey Magut]

Thank you Robert, Peter and Bond for your excellent and informative replies. Here is a picture of the underside to give a sense of scale of the visor.

[daggervez]

Nice WW1 period cap! It'd be a perfect match for my Lt. Colonel tunic.

[aeroraider]

WWI Caps

I am inclined to think the cap is post-WWI. I am not an expert but the fabric under the peak I understood to be a later design element. Many of the caps I am familiar with did not have fabric under the peak. I am curious to learn more, but my best guess is 1920s.

[Jeffrey Magut]

Nice WW1 period cap! It'd be a perfect match for my Lt. Colonel tunic.

The hat and tunic are so similar. Thanks for all the help from those who posted. Canadian hats are hard for me to figure out, I had it pinned down to the 20th century!

[Bond]

Thank you Robert, Peter and Bond for your excellent and informative replies. Here is a picture of the underside to give a sense of scale of the visor.

thank you for the underneath shot of the complete cap. Imo it is post WWI, the shape of the peak is wrong for the earlier period unless the canadians did something very different to the british

[Adam H]

I agree that this type is definitely post-WWI. It's an interwar style vs CEF.

[brooksbz]

Here are some photos from my 1914 dated cap for comparison.

[Bond]

Here are some photos from my 1914 dated cap for comparison.

very nice

[John Bonnell]

The fabric, the chinstrap width and the peak size of the cap are all compatible with WW1. Other Ranks' service dress caps had the smaller peak and those of officers had this larger spade shape. Fabric under the peak was the norm for officer caps of the period. A very nice cap; I'm in no doubt this is WW1 and as stated by daggervez a perfect match for his tunic!