Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

[Morten it's a CROWN. There's no BULGE. There's no fabric. It's a typical crown with a fleur-de-lis embellishment so common on crowns.

It does not look like the VMS beret in any way and it's MADE OF METAL, not cloth It's a small simplified drawing of the kind of crown on the right, the kind with a fleur-de-lis sticking up higher than the other parts:

OK. I imagine a king can provide instruction if he so wishes. But you still need to find a "VMS beret" elsewhere. There are several of them in the VMS and I think it remains our best chance to identify the VMS authors.