NEW HAT ISSUED FOR R.N.Z.A.F.
SKI CAP TO REPLACE OLD TYPE Gradually, from this month, the field service cap worn by men ,of the Royal New Zealand Air Force will disappear, to be replaced by blue serge ski caps. Bv April 1, 1956, all officers and men of the Regular Air Force will wear the .ski cap where before they would have worn the field service cap. Territorials and compulsory trainees will, however, still be issued with the old cap. For both officers and men the new caps wiH be made of. identical material, but officers will have their headpieces adorned by patent leather “chinstraps,” while those for other ranks will be of cloth. Badges, worn in front above the wide, squarish peak, will, for other ranks, show no change from present issue. Officers will wear a beautifully made miniature of the badge they now wear on their dress caps. The crown and eagle badge now worn by officers on their field service caps will disappear. Some members of the strength of R.N.Z.A.F. station, Wigram, are now wearing the new hats. As-time goes on and old field service caps become too tattered to wear, the ski caps will be issued. From this month none of the old type caps will be issued to Regular Air Force men.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27402, 15 July 1954, Page 10
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