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Australian Baseball Team cap

Overview

A light-green-coloured baseball cap with a yellow fabric-covered top button and green thread stitched around the eyelets in the crown. Embroidered on the front panel in yellow thread is a stylised letter 'A'. The two inside front panels are lined with white stiffening fabric. The sweatband and internal taping on the seams are of black fabric. There are minor stains to the yellow fabric of the visor, which is lined with green fabric. The snapback closure is green plastic.

Inside the cap the initials 'AFL' are handwritten in black ink on the manufacturer's label.

Historical information

This Australian baseball team cap belonged to Alan Luscombe, Western Australian baseball umpire, and would have been worn by him at an international baseball championship. Luscombe's initials 'AFL' have been written inside the cap.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-100-2020.638
Item type
Inscriptions and markings

[On front panel]
'A'

[Manufacturer's label]
'In USA'
'One size fits all'

[Handwritten on label]
'AFL'

Contextual Information

This cap was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the family of Western Australian umpire Alan Luscombe, a local, State, national and international umpire and Life Member of the West Australian Baseball Umpires Association.

Place made
United States
Statement of significance

This cap adds to the Museum's collection of Australian Team baseball caps.

Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Object’s condition or completeness
Well provenanced
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Australian Baseball Team cap (front)
Alan Luscombe's Australian Baseball Team cap (front).
Australian Baseball Team cap (back)
Alan Luscombe's Australian Baseball Team cap (back).

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