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The cap's colour was originally maroon however after the propaganda during the war about the Japanese and unsure at how safe the cap would be if touched, the Normand used s stick to collect the cap and placed in the back of the car and Hazel boiled the cap in the copper until all of the maroon colour was gone.
The cap is the only known clothing relic of the Cowra POW camp breakout in Australia