United Kingdom. A Royal Army Medical Corps Officer’s Dress Cap

A very well-preserved Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) Officer’s dress cap, constructed of black wool. It features reinforced side walls fully lined on the exterior with a dark cherry-red cap band. Lengths of dark cherry-red piping trims the top edge of the band and the outer edge of the crown. Pinned onto the centre of the cap band is an RAMC badge featuring a king's crown, executed in gilded and silvered bronze, measuring 30 mm (w) x 45 mm (h). The band is flanked by gilded bronze RAMC-issue buttons which accommodate a two-piece blackened leather chinstrap. A protruding vulcanfibre visor completes the exterior features, and it topped by a wide gold bullion wire tresse. The interior is fully encompassed by a multi-piece brown rayon liner, while a brown leather sweatband surrounds the side walls. Unmarked, the cap measures approximately 23 cm (w) x 27.5 cm (l) x 13.5 cm (h). Moderate soiling is visible to the interior liner, and the stitching holding the visor in place has partially detached. The cap remains in an overall near extremely fine condition.