A Pre-Second War Manufacture Rad (National Labour Service) Overseas Cap Hold and John Walkes Esquire Member

and John Walkes Esquire Member for Middlesex 1773

he was posted to the 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade as a Staff Learner

proceeding to join the unit for conducting drafts for the front on the next day

traces of silvering remains

a "7" above plus a "1" and "8" below

A Pre-Second War Manufacture Rad (National Labour Service) Overseas Cap Hold and John Walkes Esquire MemberA textbook example of a pre war manufacture (RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst National Labour Service) field cap; constructed of olive green wool and two rows of contrasting off white stitching along the side panels. The front center of the field cap features a single insignia consisting of an early machine woven logo of the RAD, consisting of a white and red shoved with a mobile black swastika in the centre and two outward facing wheat stalks at a 45 degree