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French Army kepi. 1942 portrait of General Charles de Gaulle of the Free French Forces wearing a kepi. The kepi ( English: / ˈkɛpiː / or / ˈkeɪpiː /) is a cap with a flat circular top and a peak, or visor. In English, the term is a loanword from French: képi, itself a re-spelled version of the Alemannic German: Käppi, a diminutive form ...
A French Naval Fusilier's shako, c. 1830. 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.
Pith helmet – for use in tropical regions; the American fiber helmet is a version of it. Pork pie hat. Shovel hat. Sidara – national Iraqi headgear. Shtreimel. Sombrero. Spodik. Keffiyah or sudra. Papal tiara – a hat traditionally worn by the Pope, which has been abandoned in recent decades, in favor of the mitre.
The Adrian helmet (French: Casque Adrian) was an influential design of combat helmet originally produced for the French Army during World War I.Its original version, the M15, was the first standard helmet of the French Army and was designed when millions of French troops were engaged in trench warfare, and head wounds from the falling shrapnel generated by indirect fire became a frequent cause ...
A beret ( UK: / ˈbɛreɪ / BERR-ay, [ 1] US: / bəˈreɪ / bə-RAY; [ 2] French: béret [beʁɛ]; Basque: txapel; Spanish: boina) is a soft, round, flat-crowned cap made of hand-knitted wool, crocheted cotton, wool felt, [ 3] or acrylic fibre . Mass production of berets began in the 19th century in the south of France and the north of Spain ...
French Commandos de Chasse wearing Bigeard caps.. The Bigeard cap (French: casquette Bigeard) is a field cap worn by the French Army and several others.It was allegedly invented by French General Marcel Bigeard to replace the colorful and less practical colored headgear worn by the French Army in First Indochina War.
Commands a platoon ( French: section) of infantry, a troop ( French: peloton) of cavalry, or a brigade of the Gendarmerie. Commands at the same level as a lieutenant, but is a more junior officer rank. An Officer Designate rank. Technically it is not a commissioned rank but it is still treated in all respects as one.
Dacian prisoner with Phrygian cap (Roman statue from the 2nd century) The Phrygian cap (/ ˈ f r ɪ dʒ (iː) ən / ⓘ FRIJ-(ee)-ən) or liberty cap is a soft conical cap with the apex bent over, associated in antiquity with several peoples in Eastern Europe, Anatolia and Asia, including the Persians, the Medes and the Scythians, as well as in the Balkans, Dacia, Thrace and in Phrygia, where ...