Black wool peaked cap of the Merchant Navy with white cotton cap cover. Black mohair cap band with black wool cap badge of Merchant Navy.
Cap badge has central, oval reserve of red velvet edged with gold metal coil with base metal anchor at centre. The oval is surrounded by laurel leaves of gold purl with stems of applied gold coil and surmounted by a stamped base metal naval crown.
The cap’s visor is made of card faced with black leather (green on the under side) with black leather binding on the edge of the visor. The black leather strap across the visor is fixed with a button to either side of the cap.
On the interior of the cap there is a brown leather hat band and red silk lining with the maker’s details stamped in black ‘HARVEYS’.
Cap is from the uniform of Third Engineer J.C. Beland.