What name is given to the flat topped peaked caps worn by Gendarmes?
"issued with peakless forage caps resembling the sailor cap. Officers, however, continued to wear the peaked cap, or , to set themselves apart from the French, who wore the kepi. Initially, German peaked caps were in the uniform color, e.g., Prussian blue, cornflower blue, green, etc., but before the First World War a field grey hat was issued, with piping colour coded for infantry, artillery or cavalry. These caps, known as ""crushers"", could be worn beneath a or stuffed into a pocket or knapsak In 1935, the Nazis introduced new uniforms designed for modern mechanised warfare. However, the basic design"
"Peaked cap A peaked cap, forage cap, barracks cover or combination cap is a form of headgear worn by the armed forces of many nations, as well as many uniformed civilian organisations such as law enforcement agencies and fire departments. It derives its name from its short visor (American English, known as a peak in British English), which was historically made of polished leather but increasingly is made of a synthetic substitute. Other principal components are the crown, band and insignia, typically a cap badge and embroidery in proportion to rank. Piping is also often found, typically in contrast to"
"with service dress. Royal Canadian Infantry Corps members of foot guards units such as the Canadian Grenadier Guards wear the bearskin cap with full dress but the peaked cap with undress and service dress. On navy caps, the peak and chinstrap of the service cap are always black. The cap band is black with the exception of navy military police, who wear a scarlet cap band, and members of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, who wear a tan cap band. On both navy and army caps, the chinstrap is affixed to the cap via two small buttons, one roughly over"
"ranks of the Russian and Prussian armies, being popular because of its comfort and light weight, as opposed to the cumbersome bicorns and shakos that were standard duty issue. During the Biedermeier period (1815–48), they became universal dress for German and Austrian civilian males of all classes, and for the entire 19th century, they were popular with the working classes all over Northern Europe, although in Britain the flat-top cap was preferred by civilians towards the end of the century. In 1846, the United States Army adopted the peaked cap during the Mexican-American war due to the unsuitability of the"
"Recently, the peaked service cap was retired for Army personnel (with the exception of regimental forage caps in the Governor General's Foot Guards and the Canadian Grenadier Guards), and the beret (except in Scottish and Highland regiments) is the universal Army headdress. Most recently, the heavy combat sweater was retired, replaced with a lighter-weight V-neck sweater for Service Dress wear, and with a fleece sweatshirt for Operational wear. The unpopular work dress was replaced with ""No. 4 (Garrison) Dress"", which consisted of the old-style work dress pants, a disruptive-pattern jacket, a black web belt, a short-sleeve summer Service Dress shirt"
"called a crusher cap, due to its slouched and worn ""crushed"" appearance. Such modified caps were especially popular among US Army Air Forces combat pilots and German tank commanders and submariners in the Second World War. Peaked cap A peaked cap, forage cap, barracks cover or combination cap is a form of headgear worn by the armed forces of many nations, as well as many uniformed civilian organisations such as law enforcement agencies and fire departments. It derives its name from its short visor (American English, known as a peak in British English), which was historically made of polished leather"
"3C. An army version of the peaked cap is worn by foot guard regiments of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. The peaked cap was formerly worn by Air Force officers and Chief Warrant Officers, but has been discontinued in favour of the wedge cap. Turbans are worn with all orders of dress by Sikh members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Cap badges are worn on the turban. Turban colours are the same as those for berets (see table above), except that Navy members wear white turbans when peaked caps are worn and black turbans when berets are worn. Some units"
"black teardrop-shaped background patch. Upon the creation of the Royal Lao Armed Forces (FAR) in September 1961, the Royal Lao Army (RLA) adopted a new service peaked cap with crown of ""Germanic"" shape – very similar to that worn by South Vietnamese ARVN officers – with the standard gilt metal FAR wreathed trident cap device, again set on a black background though some field officers still wore the old ANL badge on their caps up until the mid-1960s. Like its predecessor, the new RLA service peaked cap also came in both khaki and white versions, with a gold cord chinstrap"
"a service peaked cap copied after the French M1927 pattern (French: ""Casquette d’officier Mle 1927"") with a lacquered black leather peak in both light khaki and white summer versions (the latter with gold embroidered flame decoration on the black cap band for general officers), to wear with the khaki service dress and the white high-collared full dress uniforms, respectively. The peaked caps were worn with the standard gilt metal ANL cap device, a wreathed ""Airavata"" crest bearing the Laotian Royal Arms – a three-headed white elephant standing on a pedestal and surmounted by a pointed parasol – set on a"
"The cap was used in the early stages of the First World War as the primary headgear, but increased head injuries lead to their replacement with the Brodie helmet as primary combat head protection. In the Canadian Forces, the peaked cap () is the primary headgear for men's Royal Canadian Navy service dress. It has been abandoned in the Royal Canadian Air Force in favour of the wedge cap. It has also been eliminated from the Canadian Army in favour of the beret, with two exceptions. General officers wearing army uniform can wear either a beret or a peaked cap"
"World War I, which replaced the spiked leather helmet (Pickelhaube) that had become identified with the previous Imperial regime. This new headdress survived several political changes and was worn by the civilian police forces of the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, East Germany, and West Germany. It finally disappeared in the 1970s, when the various police forces of West Germany adopted a standardised green and light fawn uniform that included the high-fronted peaked cap that is still worn. In Europe, the infantry of the French Republican Guard, cadets at Saint-Cyr, cadets at the Belgian Royal Military Academy, cadets at the Portuguese"
"to wear with either the light khaki or white service dress uniforms. The peaked caps were worn with the standard gilt metal ANL cap device, a wreathed ""Airavata"" crest bearing the Laotian Royal Arms – a three-headed white elephant standing on a pedestal and surmounted by a pointed parasol – set on a black teardrop-shaped background patch. Ground and flight personnel generally wore the standard ANL and CEFEO headgear of the period, which consisted of French M1946 and M1957 light khaki sidecaps (French: ""Bonnet de police de toile kaki clair Mle 1946"" and ""Bonnet de police de toile kaki clair"
"petty officers received a Pale Stone service peaked cap with the standard gilt metal FARK cap badge, based on the French M1927 pattern () but with a longer, lacquered black leather extended peak; a white summer top version was worn with both the white service dress and the full dress uniform. After March 1970, the MNK replaced the royal insignia on their peaked caps by a gold wreathed fouled anchor embroidered on black, with the number of leaves varying according to rank – ten for officers and petty officers, and six for NCOs (enlisted men wore a simple anchor badge"
"from the police, fire department, ambulance service, and customs, often wear peaked caps, especially on formal occasions. In the US, police forces use caps that have softer tops and are not round and rigid in form (notable are those worn in New York and San Francisco). British and Australian policemen have a checkerboard pattern on the cap band, and traffic wardens often have a reflective yellow strip. A number of civilian professions—the most notable modern examples being merchant marine and civil aviation—also wear peaked caps. In such civilian old traditional usage, only captains aboard ships and pilots in command (airline"
"similar to the caubeen in appearance, than to the Scottish headdress of the same name. It was designed in 1934 for the Cavalry Corps as a more practical headdress than the standard peaked cap in the confines of their armoured cars and tanks. The Glengarry is the same colour as the army's service dress uniform with a black band and two black swallow-tail ribbons at the rear. The cap badge is worn over the left eye. Officers in the RDF wear a similar Glengarry but with green band and ribbons as part of their service dress uniform. Army pipers and"
"National Police, the Indonesian Armed Forces and other uniformed services in the country. In the Israel Defense Forces, combination caps are used only by: Members of the Public Security Police Force of Macau do not wear peaked caps (berets or ball caps), but Corpo de Bombeiros de Macau dress uniform utilises the cap. The rogatywka is a 4-cornered type of peaked cap, related to the czapka and worn by members of the Polish Land Forces. Naval officers and air force personnel, however, wear conventional peaked caps. Russia was the first country to adopt the peaked cap. The official act of"
"adopting the cap for military use was made by Alexander I of Russia in 1811. During the Napoleonic Wars, various early versions of the peaked cap were in use in the Russian army. Imperial Russia abandoned the cap for a short period in the second half of the 19th century for a forage cap similar to the one used by Americans during their civil war, but the peaked cap soon returned. Early soldiers' peaked caps were, in fact, peakless, hence the nickname (soldier's flapjack) for the headgear; officers' caps had peaks from the start and looked like modern peaked caps."
"sash tied around the waist on formal occasions whilst enlisted ranks wore exaggerated black bluff chevrons instead. Starting in the mid-1930s, Guardia officers began being issued with the M1937 or M1942 American peaked caps, in either light tropical khaki and Olive Drab wool cloth, which slowly began to replace the campaign hat in service dress. The khaki US M1934 sidecap (a.k.a. 'garrison cap') was also supplied to GN personnel during the 1930-1940s. Guardia uniforms underwent some changes in the 1950s and 1960s, with officers adopting the US M1942 light khaki service dress, comprising tunic, slacks and a matching peaked cap"
"was appointed Minister of Defence, the design of the peaked cap was changed again to a lower and more proportional style. During the Cold War, uniforms copied from the Russian pattern were issued to the armies of various Asian, Eastern European and African communist regimes. Particularly famous are the oversized caps worn by North Korean army officers, unchanged since the 1950s. Royal Navy officers were first issued peaked caps during the 1820s to replace the old fashioned Napoleonic-era bicorne and tricorne hat. (Note - Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 had a peak or visor added to"
"and twisted cord [[epaulettes]]; while general officers wear a waist sash of gold and crimson stripes. Light cavalry regiments wear a lace crossbelt in place of the sash, while Rifle regiments wear a polished black leather crossbelt, as do the [[Special Air Service Regiment]]. Other ranks wear a white, buff or black leather belt with a regimental pattern locket, with a bayonet frog if carrying arms. The peaked forage cap is worn by most but not all regiments; [[beret]]s are worn by the [[Royal Tank Regiment]], [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]], [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]], [[Special Air"
"the crown colour, which is usually white for navy, blue for air force and green for army. The band is typically a dark, contrasting colour, often black, but may be patterned or striped. In the British Army, each regiment and corps has a different badge. In the United States Armed Forces, the cap device is uniform throughout service branch, though different variants are used by different rank classes. The peaked cap originated in late 18th or early 19th-century Northern Europe, usually worn by working-class men. In the later years of the Napoleonic Wars, it began to appear in the senior"
"from 1915, the kepi was abandoned in favour of the peaked cap for all ranks, with the exception of the paramilitary ""Gendarmerie"", who continued to wear the kepi as part of their parade dress until the 1960s. Used by all soldiers of the Danish army until World War II, it is now only retained as part of the full dress uniforms for officers. Until the early 20th century the Greek Army wore dark blue or green (the latter for cavalry) kepis, and continued the same style of headress in khaki when field uniforms of that colour were introduced in 1910."
"Canada also wear a peaked cap. The cap is basic black with colour cap band of either of red (municipal forces), blue (Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)) or yellow (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). The peaked cap of the Sûreté du Québec is green with a green band and yellow piping. Until recently the OPP's front line officers wore a black Campaign hat, but has since reverted to the peaked cap. The RCMP only use the Campaign hat for formal dress uniform or by members of the Musical Ride. In Denmark, the use of peaked cap has seen a gradual decline from"
"Custodian helmet The custodian helmet is the modern name applied to the helmet worn by male police officers in England and Wales (and formerly in Scotland) and certain other places around the world. It is synonymous with the ""bobby on the beat"" image. The custodian helmet is the headgear traditionally worn by male police constables and sergeants while on foot patrol in England and Wales. Officers of all ranks in most forces are also issued a flat, peaked cap that is worn on mobile patrol in a vehicle. Ranks above sergeant wear the peaked cap only. Claimed by some sources"
"instead of a tie. Officers of the rank of inspector and above wear rank badges on the epaulettes or shoulders of their tunics and shirts, while constables and sergeants also wear ""collar numbers"" on them. Sergeants wear their chevrons on both upper sleeves of the tunic but on the epaulettes of their shirts. No.1 dress is worn with black, polished shoes or boots. Male constables and sergeants in English and Welsh forces wear the helmet with this dress, whereas the peaked cap is worn by inspectors and above (and often by all officers when travelling in cars). In Scotland, all"
"ceremonial duty. Customs officers wear a baseball style cap for ordinary duties (since 1994 with many variations) while the Gendarmerie introduced a ""soft kepi"" in the early 2000s. In the United States, the kepi is most often associated with the American Civil War era, and continued into the Indian Wars. Union Officers were generally issued kepis for fatigue use. A close copy of the contemporary French kepi, it had a sunken top and squared visor. It was often called a ""McClellan cap"", after the Union commander of the Army of the Potomac, G.B. McClellan. For field officers, the caps were"
"wear peaked caps with a blue hat band. Each of these caps have smaller versions of the helmet plate. Officers holding the rank of Police Inspector or above wear peaked caps. When on duty, Frontline Police Officers wear a black, wicking T-shirt with the word 'Police' on the sleeves, and black uniform trousers. Hampshire officers no longer use the traditional police jumper, having favoured a black fleece with 'Police' written on the chest and back. Hampshire officers do not have Brunswick stars on their epaulettes, just the rank insignia if a Police Inspector or above, rank insignia and collar number"
"and plain black leather peak for intermediate rank officers whereas general officers' caps had gold embroidered flame decoration on both the black cap band and black leather peak and a gold braid chinstrap. French M1946 and M1957 light khaki sidecaps (French: ""Bonnet de police de toile kaki clair Mle 1946"" and ""Bonnet de police de toile kaki clair Mle 1957"") were also worn by all-ranks. The Laotian Royal Guards received a French-style red kepi with a straight lacquered black leather peak and gold braid chinstrap to wear with their ceremonial full dress uniform. The most common headgear for the ANL"
"blinding them. Birmingham historian Carl Chinn believes that the name comes solely from the popular usage of ""peaky"" as a descriptor for a flat cap with a peak. ""Blinder"" was a familiar Birmingham slang term, used even to this day, to describe a dapper appearance, i.e. striking enough to blind. Members of the gang frequently wore tailored clothing uncommon for gangs at the time. Almost all members wore a peaked flat cap and an overcoat. Their sporting of the flat cap lends itself to debate regarding the naming of the gang. The Peaky Blinders wore tailored suits usually with bell-bottom"
"In certain cases the beret is even used as Ceremonial Dress, most commonly in units of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. The balmoral, caubeen, feather bonnet, glengarry, and tam o'shanters are worn by kilted regiments and pipe bands as part of their full dress or undress uniforms. Members of such units may also wear traditional headdress with service and operational dress. The peaked cap (or female pattern service hat) is the only headdress authorized for wear with Navy ceremonial dress. It may also be worn with Navy service dress, though the beret is also allowed with Nos. 3A, 3B, and"
"of designated Army installations, performs escort and ceremonial duties, and assists civil law enforcement authorities. The ""Kor Polis Tentera"" is also tasked with crime prevention and investigating criminal activities on Army property or by military personnel. With its roots in the British Royal Military Police, members of the ""Kor Polis Tentera DiRaja"" also wear the distinctive red peaked cap, white lanyard and belt, as well as a black brassard with the letters ""MP"" imprinted. In the Netherlands, the function of military police is performed by the ""Koninklijke Marechaussee"" (""Royal Constabulary""), a separate branch of the military independent of the Army,"
"Maule. It was only in the 1850s that the glengarry became characteristic undress headgear of the Scottish regiments of the British Army. By 1860, the glengarry without a diced border and usually with a feather had been adopted by pipers in all regiments except the 42nd (Black Watch), whose pipers wore the full dress feather bonnet. In 1914, all Scottish infantry regiments were wearing dark blue glengarries in non-ceremonial orders of dress, except for the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) who wore them in rifle green, and the Scots Guards, who wore peaked forage caps or khaki service dress caps. The diced"
"Scrambled egg (uniform) Scrambled eggs (American English) or scrambled egg (British English) is a slang term for the typically leaf-shaped embellishments found on the visors of peaked caps worn by military officers and (by metonymy) for the senior officers who wear them. The phrase is derived from the resemblance that the emblems have to scrambled eggs, particularly when the embellishments are gold in color. Today the ""scrambled eggs"" emblem, in one form or another, has been adopted by the majority of the world's navies. Exceptions include the French Navy and Italian Armed Forces, which use, respectively, embroideries or different varieties"