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A shako (/ ˈ ʃ æ k oʊ /, / ˈ ʃ eɪ k oʊ /, or / ˈ ʃ ɑː k oʊ /) is a tall, cylindrical military cap, usually with a visor, and sometimes tapered at the top. It is usually adorned with an ornamental plate or badge on the front, metallic or otherwise; and often has a feather, hackle , or pompom attached at the top.
Dutch Admiral Helfrich with British Air Marshal Brooke-Popham both wearing peaked caps with embellishments. Scrambled eggs (American English) or scrambled egg (British English) is a slang term for the typically leaf-shaped embellishments found on the visors of peaked caps worn by military officers and (by metonymy) for the senior officers who wear them.
Brodrick cap (a military cap named after St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton) Cap and bells ("jester cap", "jester hat" or "fool's cap") Capeline – a steel skullcap worn by archers in the Middle Ages; Cricket cap; Dunce cap; Forage cap; Gat, a mesh hat worn during the Joseon period in Korea. Hooker-doon, a cloth cap with a peak, in ...
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A tall fur cap, usually worn as part of a ceremonial military uniform. Traditionally, the headgear of grenadiers, and remains in use by grenadier and guards regiments in various armies. Sometimes mistakenly identified as a busby. [8] Beret: A soft round cap, usually of woollen felt, with a bulging flat crown and tight-fitting brimless headband.
Cap lines attach the cap to the jacket to prevent loss. Busby is the English name for the Hungarian prémes csákó ('fur shako') or kucsma, a military head-dress made of fur, originally worn by Hungarian hussars. In its original Hungarian form the busby was a cylindrical fur cap, having a bag of coloured cloth hanging from the top.
A drum major of the United States Marine Band wearing a bearskin cap. Drum majors in most American military bands wears a bearskin cap. Drum majors in military bands maintained by the United States Air Force, the United States Army, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Navy are authorised to wear ...
The public response to the proposed shako was generally negative, it being considered similar to the caps worn by Hessians and other German soldiers since the 16th century. [5] By 20 December a new modified design was proposed, with the height increased to 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (17 cm) and the brass tigers omitted and a chin strap introduced. This ...