WW2 General Service Cap KIWI ANZAC 2NZEF in ITALY 1944

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Second World War New Zealand Army Second Expeditionary Force "2NZEF" General Service Cap made in Scotland by A & J Gelfer of Glasgow DATED 1944 and bears British Government Contract and issue Broad Arrow stamp in makers label and ANOTHER Broad Arrow in a later-applied (Post manufacture) "W Broad Arrow D" stamp (Where "WD" stands for WAR DEPARTMENT) Bears the "BLACK DIAMOND" that was adopted during WW2 for wear by the New Zealand 2nd NZEF as a backer for their "generic" WW2 design "ONWARD" badge worn by all Kiwi ANZACS that served oversea in WW2 (NOT WORN after WW2 except by the J-Force serving in Japan until 1947, and by New Zealand Army OFFICER CADETS even post-1954 SIZE = Marked UK size 6 7/8 = USA size 7 or Metric size 56 = Very SMALL CONDITION = Absolutely SUPERB and about as "MINT" as a campaign worn cap of this AGE (66 years !!) could possibly be....ALSO this is the VERY LAST that I have in stock and God alone knows where I will be able to find another VERY HARD TO FIND NOW The DIFFERENCE between a BERET and a General Service Cap is often not clearly understood.........so here it is :-) A Beret is made from a single piece of wool and is an EARNED RIGHT to wear. Berets are also "colour coded" with a specific colour that is worn unique to the unit that has earned the right to do so A General Service Cap is worn by those individuals BELOW the rank of Colonel who have NOT earned the right to wear a distinctive unit Beret. (Colonels can wear whatever they WANT !!... if the General is not around :-) The General Service Cap is manufactured from several DIFFERENT pieces of cloth SEWN TOGETHER and exists in only ONE colour which is Kahki The name of the color khaki coined in British India comes from the Hindustani language (itself a borrowed form of the Persian and Lurish word khak meaning dust), meaning "dusty, dust covered or earth colored." It has been used by many armies around the world for uniforms, including camouflage. Most notably, khaki was used by the British Army in India beginning in 1848. Khaki-colored uniforms were used officially by British troops for the first time during the Abyssinian campaign of 1867-68, when Indian troops traveled to Ethiopia (Abyssinia) under the command of general Sir Robert Napier to release some British captives and to "persuade the Abyssinian King [Theodore], forcibly if necessary, to mend his ways" ALL my badges are GUARANTEED 100% GENUINE, the GUARANTEE is GOOD for "life" and INCLUDES the cost of POSTAGE both ways !! :-) I have several badges currently listed please check my "seller's other listings" ONLY ONE (1) postage charge PER ORDER Buy MORE than ONE badge ? NO additional postage charge required (as several badges will still be the same postal cost listed for one) ONE (1) only available and listed to be sold at NO RESERVE Absolutely GUARANTEED to be 100% GENUINE (just like ALL the items I sell ! :-) Do please VIEW my ***10 + years *** FEEDBACK selling history on E-Bay !! Any questions please E Mail Postage First Class AirMail (6-10 DAYS) USA, Canada, & ASIA .......................$10.50 UK & EUROPE...........................$12.40 AUSTRALIA ...................................... $8.90 Any other countries ? .........................$14.70 New Zealand customers....................NZ$3.50........ SORRY but you pay GST @15% on purchase price :-( PRICE includes insurance UP TO US$125 - additional insurance US$7.50 up to US$750 read more

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