service dress cap
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19790488-001
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer National Hat Mfg. Co.
- Date Made 1943
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, headwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1943/01/01
- Latest 1943/12/31
- Inscription NAVAL; NATIONAL HAT MFG. CO.; 1943; 22
- Materials Mammal wool, Silkworm silk
- Branch Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service
- Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
- Measurements Height 5.0 cm, Outside Diameter 24.0 cm
- Caption Uniform, Leading Wren Lorna Stanger
- Additional Information This uniform belonged to Lorna Stanger, who served in Britain as a photographer with the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service. The cap tally on her hat bears the letters "HMCS" for "His Majesty's Canadian Ship", which identified the wearer as a member of the Royal Canadian Navy but maintained security by concealing the identity of the ship or shore establishment in which they served. The right sleeve of her uniform carries a badge indicating her trade as a Leading Photographer (top), along with two chevrons (bottom) testifying to two years of completed wartime service.