British Airways Captains or First Officers Cap

Airline memorabilia is not really our forte, but we are always happy to try new areas of aviation collecting. On offer here is a genuine vintage British Airways flight crew peaked cap. Whilst not dated, it features a first issue metal bullion cap badge, which we believe dates from the early years of British Airways. BA was formed with the merger of British Overseas Airways Corporation (B. O. A. C. established in 1939) with British European Airways (B. E. A. created in 1946),thus creating British Airways PLC in April 1974.

The cap remains in good issued condition with no moth and just exhibits signs of light service use. It has no makers or ID marks other than a hand written label beneath the leather hat band that reads 'CW' and '7.25' which appears to confirm the caps size, which corresponds to a continental size 58. The bullion badge remains in first class condition, whilst the leather chin strap shows minor age wear to one end. These early BA caps do not often turn up so grab this clean example whilst you can!