Cavalier hat
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A cavalier hat is a variety of wide-brimmed hat that was popular in 17th-century Europe. These hats were often made from felt, and usually trimmed with an ostrich plume. They were frequently cocked up
Detail of Banquet of the officers of the Calivermen Civic Guard, Haarlem, 1627, by Frans Hals showing Dutch schutterij officers wearing cavalier hats.
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Slouch hat
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A slouch hat is a wide-brimmed felt or cloth hat most commonly worn as part of a military uniform, often, although not always, with a chinstrap. It has been worn by military personnel from many differ
Cavalier hat
…trimmed with an ostrich plume. They were frequently cocked up or had one side of the brim pinned to the side of the crown of the hat (similar to the slouch hat), which was then decorated with feathers. Cavalier hats derived their name from supporters of Charles I of England during the English Civil War, known…
Frederick Bell VC, West Australian Mounted Infantry, Boer War
'A' Company of the Victorian Mounted Rifles on manoeuvres in Victoria in 1889
Naik Agansing Rai VC, 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
Platoon of German reservists in German New Guinea, after the outbreak of World War I, shortly before the arrival of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in 1914.