{"product_id":"q-c-4th-queen-s-own-hussars-officer-s-field-service-cap-herbert-johnson-london","title":"Q\/C 4th Queen’s Own Hussars Officer’s Field Service Cap — Herbert Johnson, London","description":"\u003cp\u003eQ\/C 4th Queen’s Own Hussars Officer’s Field Service Cap — Herbert Johnson, London\u003cbr\u003eThe Queen’s crown badge on this cap dates it firmly to after February 1952, when Elizabeth II ascended the throne. Yet the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars ceased to exist as an independent regiment in 1958, when they were amalgamated with the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars. That gives this cap a maximum possible window of just six years — and in all likelihood it was made for an officer commissioning his kit in the mid-1950s, perhaps never imagining his regiment would soon be gone.\u003cbr\u003eThe cap itself is everything you would expect from an officer of one of Britain’s most distinguished cavalry regiments. The crown is covered in bright yellow cloth — the traditional light cavalry colour — with gold wire piping along the top edge. The sides and fold-down flaps are in dark navy-black cloth, fastening at the front with plain domed buttons. The bullion embroidered officer’s badge is worked in gold thread and crimson, surmounted by the unmistakeable Elizabeth II crown.\u003cbr\u003eCondition is exceptional. The colours remain extraordinarily vivid — the yellow as bright and the gold as sharp as the day it left Bond Street. The interior is pristine and shows every sign of having never been worn. There are a couple of very minor moth nips and slight moth grazing to the exterior cloth, as is common with stored woollen items of this age, but these are minimal and do nothing to diminish what is clearly an unusually high quality piece. This is not a cap that saw a lot of mess nights.\u003cbr\u003eThe 4th Queen’s Own Hussars traced their origins to 1685 and their battle honours spanned three centuries — the Peninsular War, the Charge of the Light Brigade, two World Wars, and post-war service in Malaya. Winston Churchill was commissioned into the regiment in 1895 and served as Colonel from 1941 until amalgamation. He stood vigil at the merger, the last great figure of a regiment that had given everything.\u003cbr\u003eMade by Herbert Johnson of 38 New Bond Street — hatters by appointment to the Crown, and the pre-eminent maker of British officer headwear for over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo size label inside.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gradia Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933981536584,"sku":"15.4.26 (3)","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/1103\/5976\/files\/IMG-0350.heic?v=1776537263","url":"https:\/\/www.gradiamilitaria.com\/products\/q-c-4th-queen-s-own-hussars-officer-s-field-service-cap-herbert-johnson-london","provider":"Gradia Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}