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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

HMAS Perth Cap

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Salt

2017

Overview

Dark navy blue peak cap featuring embroidered HMAS Perth FFH 157 and silhouette on ship on front with Royal Australian Navy crests on left side and Red Lead cat character on right side of cap.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2016.18.1

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

180 mm

Height or length

270 mm

Depth

110 mm

Weight

75 g

Inscriptions and markings

“HMAS PERTH / FFH 157” on front with “ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY” crest featured on the left side and ‘Red Lead’ cat character on the right side of cap.

Contextual Information

Presented to David Theodore, Curator on board HMAS Perth III at HMAS Stirling, Garden Island prior to deployment to the Middle East as part of Operation Manitou.

Keywords

Royal Australian Navy

Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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