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
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.
The pith helmet, also known as the safari helmet, salacot, sola topee, sun helmet, topee, and topi, is a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of sholapith. The pith helmet originates from the Spanish
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…leather chinstrap and feather plume. The regular infantry also saw limited use of the Corsican hat in the periods 1803–06 and 1811–36. A shortage of cork helmets led to the widespread use of the slouch hat amongst British Empire forces during the Second Boer War, where it was used by units including the City…
Pith helmet used by the Canadian Corps of Guides on display at the Royal Canadian Military Institute
Spanish military uniforms in the Philippines in 1856 showing the original salakot worn as part of the campaign uniform
Soldiers of the French Tonkin Expeditionary Corps in 1885, with two soldiers wearing pith helmets and another wearing a conical hat
A colonial pattern helmet used by the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment