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Uniform - Commando cap comforter

  • Commando head warmer / comforter as worn by ill fated commando exercise in 1960.

    Cap comforter army

Historical information

Cap comforter worn in ill-fated kayak manoeuvres raid which resulted in the loss of 3 men remembered as the rip disaster.

Physical description

Commando cap comforter

Subjects

References

  • A monument commemorates three soldiers who were caught in a rip and died during a commando training exercise in 1960.
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