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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.
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.
A form of kepi modeled on the Austrian ski-cap was the standard headgear of uniformed British Rail male employees from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. A round peak-less cap with an outline resemblance to a kepi is also worn by traditional student fraternities (Studentenverbindungen) in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium.
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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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.
[2] [3] The army had worn the 6 + 4 ⁄ 10-inch-tall (16 cm) bell-top shako since 1829. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Albert hat was 7 + 1 ⁄ 10 inches (18 cm) tall. While the bell-top shako had a brim only at the front the Albert hat had a 2 + 5 ⁄ 8 -inch (6.7 cm) brim all round, intended to provide protection from the sun.
The Brodrick cap was unpopular and was replaced in 1905, by a round khaki peaked cap used until the outbreak of World War II. In 1938 the Field Service Cap of the 1890s was re-introduced in a khaki version and during WWII it gave way to the General Service Cap. Cavalry regiments and the Tank Corps wore soft berets. After the war the beret ...