Female munition worker's snood cap

Dark blue large weave cotton net snood with elastic rear casing and a ribbed dark blue cotton peak and band. The band is lined with green artificial silk.

Munitions workers were provided with uniforms that had no metal parts to minimise the risk of accidental reactive explosions in the factory. Uniforms worn in the so-called 'danger' areas of factories were called 'danger suits'.

Female workers were required to confine their hair so that it would not be caught in machinery and wore either a beret, or a peaked snood.

Despite uniform regulations, photographic evidence suggests that in 'safe' areas of munitions factories female workers often wore their own printed cotton head scarves, as well as their own colourful blouses and knitwear in place of the drab and shapeless issue uniform items.