Canada Rare? RCMP 1973 pattern forage cap

[MP collector]

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This is my newest cap in my collection. Manufactured by William Scully Ltd., The date tag reads 21-7-1974, it has the narrow twill stripe that matched the pants and a cloth covered visor and no mesh ventalation and instead had six eyelets on the underside for this.

These caps were not to popular with the force and were quickly replaced with a new pattern in 1975 which more or less resembled the 1966 pattern.

Very interesting variation of cap, I mentioned rare but maybe a better word would be obscure?....they seem hard to locate but I have not been collecting long enough to really know but just wanted to share my find.

[peter monahan]

Hard to say whether 'unpopular' would translate into most of them being chucked in the closet or into the garbage. Obviously, the former would be the preferred state of affairs for a collector!

[MP collector]

Hard to say whether 'unpopular' would translate into most of them being chucked in the closet or into the garbage. Obviously, the former would be the preferred state of affairs for a collector!

Yes for sure that would be!...one of our family friends and mentor is a retired RCMP A/Comm. and I had had asked him about the cap and he said ..."Yes at one time I had one of those horrible hats but its in hat heaven and got there soon after they changed to something wearable" .....So that sounds promising