VICTORIAN OFFICERS DRILL CAP PRE - 1897 & METAL TRANSIT CASE

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BELEIVED BADGED FOR LORD LIEUTENANT OF SCOTLAND. PRE 1897 TYPE
A extremely rare example of this pattern of Drill Cap. With gilt lace border and patent leather peak embellished with bullion peak with a patent leather chinstrap attached inside the headband and fixed to the front a bullion cap badge of a thistle surmounted by a Victorian crown. Together with a gilt bullion “toorie" to the crown of the cap. The cap was faded out early 1901 with the change of dress regulations and the introduction of the new OSD.
METAL TRANSIT CASE a toleware metal hat box with makers plate “Jones & Co Tailors, Army Clothers, No6 Regents Street, PALL MALL London” A VERY RARE SUVIVOR

Code: 54936