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IWM London Uniform 44
IWM London Uniform 44
CATEGORIES - IWM London – Visitor Services & Security – Date Unknown/Post-6 February 1952 – Retrieved April 2022
OBJECT – Thought to be an Imperial War Museum staff member's visor cap – dark blue with black strap and black visor. Head hole is 7 1/2 inches front to back. The genuineness and/or date of this cap has not been verified. An embroidered-type badge on front centre carries the text IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM in gold and arranged in a circle, with larger initials ER in the centre. Above this text circle is positioned a crown in gold, red and, along the base, five small coloured circles resembling, perhaps, jewels in five different colours that appear to be orange, light green, blue, darker green and red. Date unknown, image retrieved 29 April 2022.
Imperial War Museums’ photos from the 1920s show that a certain class of staff did wear a cap with a visor. These caps were flat on top, whilst the cap in this image has a cloth top which appears to curve outwards. The ER text on the cap badge references Queen Elizabeth II, so, if genuine, this cap can be dated to after the accession to the throne by Queen Elizabeth II, on 6 February 1952
IMAGE – Photo showing right side of a dark blue cap placed upon a white mannequin head with a cap badge with crown insignia and text saying Imperial War Museum. Taken and cropped by the writer from screenshot of a seller’s page from Ebay.co.uk. eBay item number:325160441889.
The seller was ‘medals-n-more’ and named as Obolus Services Limited, Paul Murphy of Purley, Surrey, UK. This photo was one of six placed by the seller on the page. The page offered for sale a “British Imperial War Museum staff member's visor cap”. The starting bid was set at £10.00.
The description attached to the item on the seller’s page stated: “Imperial War Museum. I am not sure when this dates from but I do not recall ever seeing the staff wear this. I presume it was for security staff. No size marked but the head hole is 7 1/2 inches front to back.”
“Postage in UK is £6 for signed for, £9 for Special Delivery. Postage in Europe is £13, USA and Australia is £20 and everywhere else is £18.”
URL - www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325160441889?hash=item4bb5129821:g:p1s... (Retrieved 29 April 2022)
LOCATION – Unknown
COPYRIGHT – Paul Murphy
DATE – Unknown, retrieved April 2022
AUTHOR – Paul Murphy
IWM London Uniform 44
IWM London Uniform 44
CATEGORIES - IWM London – Visitor Services & Security – Date Unknown/Post-6 February 1952 – Retrieved April 2022
OBJECT – Thought to be an Imperial War Museum staff member's visor cap – dark blue with black strap and black visor. Head hole is 7 1/2 inches front to back. The genuineness and/or date of this cap has not been verified. An embroidered-type badge on front centre carries the text IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM in gold and arranged in a circle, with larger initials ER in the centre. Above this text circle is positioned a crown in gold, red and, along the base, five small coloured circles resembling, perhaps, jewels in five different colours that appear to be orange, light green, blue, darker green and red. Date unknown, image retrieved 29 April 2022.
Imperial War Museums’ photos from the 1920s show that a certain class of staff did wear a cap with a visor. These caps were flat on top, whilst the cap in this image has a cloth top which appears to curve outwards. The ER text on the cap badge references Queen Elizabeth II, so, if genuine, this cap can be dated to after the accession to the throne by Queen Elizabeth II, on 6 February 1952
IMAGE – Photo showing right side of a dark blue cap placed upon a white mannequin head with a cap badge with crown insignia and text saying Imperial War Museum. Taken and cropped by the writer from screenshot of a seller’s page from Ebay.co.uk. eBay item number:325160441889.
The seller was ‘medals-n-more’ and named as Obolus Services Limited, Paul Murphy of Purley, Surrey, UK. This photo was one of six placed by the seller on the page. The page offered for sale a “British Imperial War Museum staff member's visor cap”. The starting bid was set at £10.00.
The description attached to the item on the seller’s page stated: “Imperial War Museum. I am not sure when this dates from but I do not recall ever seeing the staff wear this. I presume it was for security staff. No size marked but the head hole is 7 1/2 inches front to back.”
“Postage in UK is £6 for signed for, £9 for Special Delivery. Postage in Europe is £13, USA and Australia is £20 and everywhere else is £18.”
URL - www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325160441889?hash=item4bb5129821:g:p1s... (Retrieved 29 April 2022)
LOCATION – Unknown
COPYRIGHT – Paul Murphy
DATE – Unknown, retrieved April 2022
AUTHOR – Paul Murphy