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The bicorne or bicorn (two-cornered) is a historical form of hat widely adopted in the 1790s as an item of uniform by European and American army and naval officers. Most generals and staff officers of the Napoleonic period wore bicornes, which survived as widely-worn full-dress headdress until the 20th century.
Once a boy, further advancement could be obtained through various specialties. A cabin boy assisted with the ship's kitchen, as well as other duties, while a powder monkey helped in the ship's armoury. [citation needed] After the Age of Sail ended, the position of ship's boy became an actual Royal Navy rank known as "boy seaman". [citation needed]
Kettle hat: 12th century: Common all over medieval Europe. Morion: 16th and early 17th centuries: Europeans (esp. associated with Spanish Conquistadores) Nasal helmet: Early Middle Ages: Byzantine Empire, later common all over Europe. Pickelhaube [4] [5] 1842: especially by Prussia & German Empire and other Europeans until 1918 Raupenhelm: c ...
A hat made from the fur of the Karakul breed of sheep, typically worn by men in Central and South Asia. Keffiyah or Ghutrah: Three piece ensemble consisting of a Thagiyah skull cap, Gutrah scarf, and Ogal black band. Kepi: A generic worldwide military hat with a flat, circular top and visor. First seen in central Europe. Kippah or Yarmulke
The word shako originated from the Hungarian name csákó for the peak, which Hungarian border soldiers (Grenz-Infanterie) added around 1790 to their previously visorless stovepipe-style hats. Originally these hats were part of the clothing commonly worn by shepherds, before being added to the uniform of the Hungarian hussar in the early 18th ...
Note his headgear, the feather bonnet of c. 1800. The feather bonnet began with the knitted blue bonnet with a chequered border. This was propped up and worn with a tall hackle. During the 17th and 18th century, the highlanders who wore this hat began to add ostrich feathers to decorate it. This decoration evolved into a full covering of the ...
A sailor cap is a round, flat visorless hat worn by sailors in many of the world's navies. A tally, an inscribed black silk ribbon, is tied around the base which usually bears the name of a ship or a navy. Many navies (e.g. Germany) tie the tally at the rear of the cap and let the two ends hang down to the shoulders as decorative streamers.