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Hats, Caps, Helmets, Berets, etc
Military and Police Headdress

An extract of Ian Kelly's Master Militaria Catalogue listing collectable military headgear - hats, caps, helmets, berets, forage caps, service dress SD caps, No.1 dress caps, Irish caubeens, Scottish glengarries and Tam o'Shanters, etc.  Includes a useful hat-size chart comparing international hat sizes.  This page was updated on Thursday, 11 April 2013.

Prices are in British Pounds Sterling and you may order online or order by mail.

There is a minimum charge of £1.50 postage and packing for all orders. click here for postage costs.

The first 6 figures of each line is our Stock Serial Number - use this when ordering.   Where applicable, the next set of figures is a reference to standard insignia reference books.

Hat Size Table

Some collectors want hats of specific sizes.  One of the first things that a British soldier does on being issued with a hat is to remove the size label.  A beret can either shrink or stretch depending on how the original owner washed it, so even if it still has a size label it is very difficult for me to tell the true size of the hat.   All I can do is to try wearing it and guess (I take a size 60 so smaller sizes are difficult for me judge accurately). 

Modern British hats use metric sizes, the following size chart may help.

I am not a tailor or military outfitter, but sell collectable used hats.  I prefer that you do not specify hat size when ordering.  Most hats are stocked as single quantities and it is very time-consuming for me to check hats for size.  

If you insist on hats of specific sizes, please use metric sizes when ordering - this is because traditional British hat measurements look similar to US hat sizes, but are actually different sizes as shown on the chart above.

Orders for hats of specific sizes will be put to the bottom of the order-pile for me to deal with when I have more time.

Hats, Caps, Helmets, Berets etc.

K3S355 Baseball Cap With Badge - HMS Somerset Type 23 Frigate Embroidered £8.00

K3K046 Beret: 205 Fd Hosp QARANC Officer - Grey With Graham Tartan Badge Backing QC Bullion (Hat & badge) £25.00

K3S137 Beret: 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Warrant Officer With Badge & Backing WM (KK 742*) £15.00

K3K066 Beret: Army Air Corps Badged - Sky Blue + Dark Blue Badge Backing QC A/A (KK 2056) £10.00

K3K366 Beret: Dark Blue - British Army - No Badge Black Head-Band £5.00

K3S977 Beret: Duke Of Lancaster's Regiment (Khaki) With Red Rose & Badge-Backing QC G; Enam (Hat & badge) £18.00

K3K336 Beret: Khaki (used By Guards & Infantry) - No Badge Black Head-Band £5.00

K3Q971 Beret: Princess Of Wales's Royal Regiment:Khaki With Badge & Backing Bronze (KK 2724*) £17.00

K3S096 Beret: Rifle Green (Light Inf/ RGJ/ Gurkhas/ UDR) No Cap Badge £5.00

K3N190 Beret: Royal Air Force - No Badge Black Head Band £5.00

K3N056 Beret: Royal Engineers Officers - Navy Blue Silk-Lined Bullion (Hat & Badge) £18.00

K3R300 Beret: Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer - Navy Blue Black Head-Band QC Brass £10.00

K3S191 Beret: Special Reconnaissance Regiment: Emerald Grey No Cap Badge £15.00

K3S209 Beret: Women's Royal Army Corps - Dark Green No Badge £5.00

K3K048 Caubeen: Royal Irish Regiment - Green With Hackle And Cap Badge QC A/A (Hat & badge) £22.00

K3S153 Chin Strap For Officers No.1 Dress Cap Black Patent Leather £8.00

K3S154 Chin Strap For Officers Service Dress Cap Brown Leather £8.00

K3M183 Explorer Pith Helmet Civilian Pattern £40.00

K3Q848 Female Police Officers Bowler Hat - No Badge With Diced Hat-Band (Reinforced) £20.00

K3S854 French Foreign Legion Kepi Blanc White Peaked Cap £40.00

K3E713 Glengarry: Red/White/Black Diced Band & Red Toorie No Cap Badge (Hat) £18.00

K3Q860 Helmet: Hertfordshire Constabulary Rose-Top With Star QC (TW 53/C/3) £50.00

K3K924 Helmet: Northumbria Police (Coxcomb With Star) With Riot Chinstraps QC Chr; E (TW 53/C/5) £50.00

K3Q859 Helmet: South Wales Constabulary (EiiR Centre) Rose-Top With Star QC Cork (TW 41/B/2) £50.00

K3Q858 Helmet: South Wales Constabulary (PoW Feathers) Coxcomb With Star QC (TW 53/D/3) £55.00

K3E825 Jungle Hat - British DPM Camouflage (Hat) £9.00

K3S208 No.1 Dress Cap - 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Blue Velvet Hat Band Chrome (KK 1881) £22.00

K3N349 No.1 Dress Cap - Brigadier - Single Row Of Gold Oak-Leaves On Peak QC Bullion (Hat & badge) £80.00

K3S801 No.1 Dress Cap - Irish Guards 1 Band On Peak Brass (KK 914) £22.00

K3T057 No.1 Dress Cap - Irish Guards - Lance-Sergeant 2 Bands On Peak Brass (KK 914) £28.00

K3S360 No.1 Dress Cap - QA Royal Army Nursing Corps Female - New Colours QC A/A (KK 2187) £25.00

K3S803 No.1 Dress Cap - QA Royal Army Nursing Corps Female:Old Grey Type QC A/A (KK 2187) £25.00

K3S361 No.1 Dress Cap - Royal Army Medical Corps Female Pattern QC A/A (KK 2123) £25.00

K3K832 No.1 Dress Cap - Royal Army Medical Corps Male Pattern QC A/A (KK 2123) £18.00

K3P238 No.1 Dress Cap - Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers - Male QC A/A (KK 2129) £18.00

K3K081 No.1 Dress Cap - Royal Engineers Male Pattern QC A/A (KK 1942) £18.00

K3S796 No.1 Dress Cap - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Zig-Zag Cap Band A/A (Hat & Badge) £35.00

K3K509 No.1 Dress Cap - Royal Signals - Other Ranks Male Pattern QC A/A (KK 1948) £18.00

K3S202 No.1 Dress Cap - Welsh Guards 1 Band On Peak A/A (KK 920) £22.00

K3S233 No.1 Dress Cap - Welsh Guards - Lance Sergeant 2 Bands On Peak A/A (KK 920) £26.00

K3S747 No.1 Dress Cap: 9th/12th Royal Lancers Scarlet With Badge QC A/A (KK 1902) £28.00

K3L693 Police Riot Helmet (like Blue Motorcycle Helmet) With Perspex Visor £45.00

K3R608 Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service Tricorn Hat QC A/A (Hat & badge) £20.00

K3S126 Royal Air Force Officers Peaked Cap (without Badge) Unworn Condition £35.00

K3K105 Royal Air Force Police Peaked Cap With White Top QC A/A (Hat & badge) £22.00

K3P103 Royal Navy Ratings Hat - White Stiff Top No Cap Tally £9.00

K3J942 Tam O'Shanter: Royal Highland Fusiliers - Khaki With White Hackle (Hat) £22.00

K3S366 Tam O'Shanter: Royal Regiment Of Scotland - 5th Bn With Green Hackle S/P & G (Hat & Badge) £35.00

K3P953 United Nations Troops - Sky Blue Cloth Helmet Cover British Issue Cotton £6.00

K3P852 Women's Royal Air Force Hat - With New type Badge Upturned Brim Type QC Lurex (Hat & badge) £20.00