A forage cap is a military cap with a visor and a round or flat crown to be worn with undress uniforms (a uniform for use on other than formal occasions).
The cap shown has a 45 mm wide maroon or cherry wool band, associated with medical services, with the body of the cap fabricated from black wool in the traditional flat top design with a raised peak.
The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC) was a personnel branch of the Canadian Army consisting of members of medical occupations. The RCAMC was subsequently designated the Canadian Forces Medical Service (CFMS) until it was redesignated the Royal Canadian Medical Service (RCMS) on 9 October 2013.
Roles and Identification: Medical personnel provide operational (deployed) and operational readiness (in-garrison) medical care to entitled personnel.
The RCMS has its origins in the Dominion government’s 1885 response to the North-West Rebellion. Permanent medical services for the Canadian Army (1904), Royal Canadian Navy (1910) and Royal Canadian Air Force (1940) were formed separately. The three services were integrated as a single professional/technical organization, the Canadian Forces Medical Service (CFMS), in 1959. With the unification of the Canadian Forces (CF) in 1968, medical personnel of the RCN, Canadian Army and RCAF were grouped administratively into the new CF Medical Branch.
The Medical Service played a significant part with the Canadian expeditionary forces during the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean conflict.
All officers and non-commissioned members (NCMs) wear the same cap badge.