A MALAY NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY FIELD CAP

Mid-20th Century, circa 1948 - 1958

The khaki cotton cap formed with five points and fronted by a stiff peak below a machine-embroidered red star,

26.5cm long

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PROVENANCE:

From the collection of Augustus Fletcher (1928-2020), thence by descent.

From 1948 to 1958 Gus Fletcher served in the Colonial Police in Malaya, and latterly was Assistant Superintendent of Police and Area Special Branch Officer in the Kuala Pilau and Bahau Police Districts of Negri Sembilan. He was awarded the George Medal in 1957 after a combined police and military operation code-named “Googly” during the Malayan Emergency. He later served the British Government in Hong Kong and New Delhi.

來源：

奧古斯都斯·弗萊徹（1928-2020）舊藏，此後家族傳承。

在1940年代後期及1950年代，奧古斯都斯·弗萊徹曾任馬來亞森美蘭州瓜拉庇勞馬口區的助理警察總監和地區特別支部警員。在馬來亞處於緊急狀態期間，他參與了一次名為「古格利（Googly）」的聯合警察和軍事行動，並於1957年被授予喬治勳章。

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C.f. A similar Malayan Races' Liberation Army cap is housed in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, catalogue number UNI 13392.