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Labels. Dollimore Cap Makers, WW2. Combination Image, Photograph

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Labels. Dollimore Cap Makers, WW2. Combination Image, Photograph

yres & Smith Ltd. of London for Dollimore's Military Tailors in Farnborough and Aldershot. These are two major Army bases

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Manufacturer: Ayres & Smith (London) Ltd., a known mid-20th-century maker of British military service dress caps and forage caps.

Retailer / Tailor: Dollimore's Military Tailors, located in garrison towns important to the British Army like Farnborough and Aldershot, Hampshire.

Context: These translucent mica or oiled-silk sweat shields sat inside military officer caps to protect the leather sweatband and crown from hair oils and sweat.