Eaton's Machine Gun Battery Model 1916 Soft Cap

Eaton's Machine Gun Battery Model 1916 Soft Cap

Model 1916 soft cap, Eaton's Machine Gun Battery. The unit served in France and Belgium with the 1st and 2nd Motor Machine Gun Brigade.

A close up of the cap badge.

The complete interior of this pattern of Model 1916 soft cap, including the top, sides, and the section under the top where the large grommets are, is black oilcloth. The tyipical British War dept "WD" with a broad arrow is marked in white paint on the black oil-cloth lining.

The jacket with matching Model 1916 Soft Cap for the Eaton's Machine Gun Battery. To see the 1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade (1st MMGB) Transport Company 5-button jacket click Here.