The Royal Wessex Yeomanry The Royal Wessex Yeomanry Forage Cap

The cap is made of dark blue Melton.

The cap has a Badminton Blue velvet band and piping around the crown.

The peak carries gold wire bullion passing lace.

A black patent-leather chinstrap is secured by two small half-ball buttons.

The common male-officer forage cap is cloth with three cloth welts, the upper welt lying in the crown seam.

The common male-officer forage-cap sides are made in four pieces and are 2⅛ inches deep between the welts.

A 1¾-inch cloth or velvet band is placed between the two lower welts of the common male-officer forage cap.

The common male-officer forage-cap chinstrap is ½-inch black patent leather, secured by two buttons immediately behind the peak corners.

The common male-officer forage-cap peak is patent leather, droops at an angle and is 2 inches deep at the centre.

A Remembrance poppy is worn behind the securing button on the left side.

The generic officer forage-cap top is 10½ inches across for a cap fitting a 21¾-inch head circumference.

The generic officer forage-cap top changes by one eighth of an inch in diameter for each quarter-inch change in head size.

The generic officer forage-cap sides are 2⅛ inches deep between the welts.

The generic forage-cap band is 1¾ inches wide.

The generic forage-cap chinstrap is one half-inch wide.

The generic forage-cap peak is 2 inches deep at the centre.

At a 21¾-inch head circumference, the common male-officer forage-cap top is 10½ inches in diameter; its diameter changes by ⅛ inch for each ¼-inch change in head size.

The common male-officer forage-cap badge, whether metal or embroidered, is placed centrally on the band.