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Name/Title Cap, Malayan insurgent
Measurements H 10cm W 1m 50cm D 2m 30cm (H 3 15/16" W 4' 11 1/16" D 7' 6 9/16")
Media/Materials cotton
Description Military-style cotton cap with chin strap and peak in khaki-colour cotton. Faded red star above peak. Bullet hole in crown. Taken from Communist guerilla killed on operations in Tangkak, Malaya, on 11 October 1951. Total of 6 guerillas (2 female and 4 male) killed in the same engagement.

Operation reported in:
"The Covenanter", XXXI; 5; January 1952.
1st Bn War Diary
Theme Art, Design and Textiles --Costume and Textiles --All Costume --Military Costume --Other Military Costume
Our History --South Lanarkshire History --South Lanarkshire at War --Cold War
Accession No DB1665/4

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