service dress cap
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19970085-026
- Event 1967-1986
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer William Scully Ltd.
- Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, headwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Inscription WILLIAM SCULLY LTEE/LTD; Cap Men's Senior Officers; 8405-21-899-0880 SEA; SIZE 7 1/4; W8463-9-AA03/01-PC
- Materials Synthetic fibre
- Branch Medical Branch
- Rank Commander
- Service Component Canadian Forces
- Measurements Height 14.0 cm, Length 28.0 cm, Width 25.5 cm
- Caption Uniform, Commander William Kern
- Additional Information This Distinctive Environmental Uniform (DEU) belonged to Commander William Kern, a naval medical officer. Canada abolished the tri-service uniform in 1985 and replaced it with DEUs. Navy, army, and air force personnel received summer and winter outfits that differed between the three services. While the new naval uniforms were superficially similar to their Royal Canadian Navy predecessors, they differed in a number of ways. Most notably, they were black rather than dark blue. The rank stripes on the jacket sleeves also differ; the "executive curl", a small circular loop on the uppermost stripe, did not appear on the naval DEU.