88/58

This is a dark brown velour hat with a ribbon band. It has an inscription reading ‘N // 6 ¾ // W and S // A // 1943’. It is in a good condition and it has the W.L.A badge on the front. This is round with a pin and it has a crown at the top. The inscription on the badge is ‘Women’s Land Army’.

1 hat with attached badge: velour; ribbon; metalThe W. L. A badge has a crown motif protruding from the top, and a sheaf of corn on a green background on the badge's face. Inscribed around this is 'Women's Land Army'.

MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: HAT [+ BADGE] // Accession number: 88/58 // Classification: PERSONAL clothing headgear // Negative number: 60/15736 // Acquisition method: GIFT // Acquired from: [...] AMPHILL, BEDFORD // Date: 14 June 1988 // Store: // Condition: good // Recorder: JMB // Date: 10.3.89 // Description: WOMEN'S LAND ARMY UNIFORM // Dark brown velour hat with brim and ribbon band. It is in good condition. // Inscription: N // on label: 6 3/4 // W + S // A // 1943 // [broad arrow] // Dimensions: Length: Diameter of brim: 28-31 cm // Height 14.0 cm // Associated information: This hat has the W.L.A. badge on the front. This is round with a pin. It has a crown at the top and a sheaf of corn on a green background. Inscription: WOMEN'S LAND ARMY. // Acc. No. 88/58/2 Personal clothing accessory // References:', MERL miscellaneous note, Georgia Charitou, September 2014 – Objects 88/44-66 form part of the Doreen Thorp Collection of material relating to the Women’s Land Army. The collection consists of papers relating to the career or Doreen Thorp in the W.L.A. from 1939-47, as well as items of clothing which form part of a W.L.A. uniform. ‘, Transcription of information about Doreen Thorp – ‘Mrs. N. D. Warren (nee Thorp) 13.6.1923 – 3.1.1988. // In September 1939 I joined the Women’s Land Army and in October I started two months training at the Midland Agricultural College in poultry, milking (hand & machine), stock and general farm work.’

1943 - 1943

Metal, Fibre