Forage cap
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Forage cap is the designation given to various types of military undress, fatigue or working headwear. These vary widely in form, according to country or period. The coloured peaked cap worn by the mo
RAF (left) and USAF officer style forage caps.
Bonnet de police worn by Louis de Cazenave, one of the last poilus.
German peakless forage cap of WWI, based on the type worn by sailors.
Three German Second World War soldiers, two wearing forage caps
Uniforms of the Union army
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The military uniforms of the Union Army in the American Civil War were widely varied and, due to limitations on supply of wool and other materials, based on availability and cost of materials. The ide
Forage cap
…visor cap made in navy blue wool. It also added universal neck-flaps, whereas the 1833 only had neckflaps on the dragoon variant. In the Civil War the M1858 forage cap, based on the French kepi, was the most common headgear worn by Union troops even though it was described by one soldier as "shapeless as a feedbag…
Rifle green sharpshooter's uniform, with McDowell pattern forage cap.
10th Veteran Reserve Corps bandsmen in sky blue jackets April 1865.
Historical re-enactor wearing the shako and gray tailcoat of a West Point cadet. The soldier in the background wears the M1839 peaked cap issued to enlisted US troops before 1858.
1866 picture of Model showing correct uniform of a Company "A" 1st US Cavalry Sgt wearing Hardee hat