A peaked cap, peaked hat, service cap, barracks cover, forage cap, or combination cap is a form of headgear worn by the armed forces of many nations, as well as many uniformed civilian organisations s
An assortment of peaked caps from several naval and maritime forces
Members of the Hanseatic Legion and the Hamburg Citizen Militia wearing peaked caps, 1813
Air Marshal Mark Binskin wearing a peaked cap (2010)
Diagram of peaked caps used by the Austrian Armed Forces (labels in German)
A side cap is a military cap that can be folded flat when not being worn. It is also known as a garrison cap or flight cap in the United States, a wedge cap in Canada, or a field service cap in the Un
Peaked cap
…increasingly is made of a cheaper synthetic substitute. The term forage cap is also used, although that also applies to the "field service cap" or the side cap. Other principal components are the crown, band, and insignia, typically a cap badge and embroidery in proportion to rank. Piping is also often used…
Senior Royal Air Force and United States Air Force officers wearing flight caps
German Air Force Garrison cap (Schiffchen "little boat") from 1962 with flaps up (top) and flaps folded down (bottom)
French Spahi uniform today: 2006 pattern parade uniform for a maréchal des logis of the 1st Spahi Regiment, with red bonnet de police and distinctive burnous.
A "Traditional" garrison cap (calot) of the Troupes de marine