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DRESS CAP [4 records]

Record 1 2021-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
DEF

A peaked cap... designed and coloured for wear with service dress uniforms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
DEF

Casquette à visière [...] dont le modèle et la couleur sont prévus pour le port avec la tenue de service.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
CONT

At the outbreak of the Second World War, the standard service dress, in general issue since the first decade of the 20th century, was still the standard uniform of the Canadian Militia(soon to be renamed Canadian Army). In addition to the cap badge, collar badges also identified the wearer's regiment or corps. Some collar badges were issued in identical pairs, others in lefts and rights.

OBS

Collar badges may be worn on collars or on lapels.

OBS

collar insignia; collar insignias: plural forms.

Key term(s)
  • collar insignias

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
CONT

Insignes de col. Le 12e Régiment blindé du Canada [...] est le seul régiment qui continue d'observer la tradition de porter, sur les cols de veston de son uniforme, les armoiries de sa ville d'origine (Trois-Rivières) comme emblème.

OBS

insigne de col : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Uniforme militar
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Record 3 2005-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
CONT

Constables’ Universal Pattern Helmet... The helmet was constructed of layers of cork and covered in cotton fabric. The brass spike and dome base... were used when in full dress uniform. They were replaced by a white, cloth-covered, dome ventilator cap when wearing the undress uniform.

OBS

In 1878 the last of the infantry shakos was replaced by the Home Service blue cloth, spiked, helmet. The Foreign Service Helmet was dyed khaki for active service and a dome ventilator was supplied in lieu of the full dress spike.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
OBS

[...] le casque colonial. À l'origine, celui-ci était constitué par du piqué de coton fixé sur une forme en osier, entouré d'un voile et surmonté d'une sorte de cimier par où se faisait l'aération.

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • History (General)
OBS

One distinctive article of dress among Iroquois men was the feathered cap(Fig 15). Eton : American Indian Arts, p. 54, 55, 56. Biblio MAINC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire (Généralités)
OBS

Proposition d'après la description donnée dans l'ouvrage mentionné ci-haut.

Spanish

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