Royal Air Force – Two Peaked Service Caps – Officer and Other Ranks – King’s Crown Badges A pair of vintage RAF blue-grey peaked service caps, comprising an officer’s cap and an other ranks’ cap. Other ranks’ cap: Fitted with a brass RAF monogram badge within a crowned wreath, black cap band, black chinstrap and black peak. The interior bears the maker’s marking L. Silberston & Sons Ltd, London, together with a broad-arrow government-property mark, additional stamps and handwritten numbers. Officer’s cap: Fitted with an embroidered bullion-wire crown and wreath badge on black fabric backing, with an applied gilt-coloured metal eagle. Black cap band and chinstrap, with a fabric-covered peak. A worn maker’s mark survives inside but is not confidently identified. Both badges are of the older King’s Crown pattern. Exact manufacture dates and individual service histories are unknown; no specific WWII service attribution is claimed. Condition: Both caps show age-related wear, marking and some loss of shape. The other ranks’ cap has a moth hole to the crown, together with interior wear and deterioration. The officer’s cap has tearing and detachment around the interior sweatband, loose stitching and substantial deterioration to the inner crown covering. The bullion badge shows tarnishing and age-related wear. Please examine all photographs carefully, particularly those showing the interiors and damage. The caps are offered together as a collector’s lot. Two caps included.