What is a cap?
Slovak cap is a distinctive hat with a wide edge and wart, which is usually made of wool or other felt animals. The cap is usually part of a military or police uniform and the edge can be worn on one or both sides of the hat. The drive could originally be turned to suit the rifle and the bayonet held above the soldier's shoulder or a lance carried in the calm cup. The style is strongly connected with the Australian army.
Although the Slovak cap has become one of the Australian national symbols of popularized soldiers or diggers in World War II, the hat version was worn much earlier by the army of King Charles I during the Civil War in the 17th century. The armies sometimes decided to accept the Slovak cap for practical reasons, like the British Soldiers fighting in the second Boer War dressed the hat because there were no cork helmets.
It is assumed that the Australian army for the first time forIjala cap sluch at the end of the 19th century and remains an important part of shows and battle dresses. The Australian defensive forces, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal Australian armored churches and the Royal Australian Navy are known to wear caps decorated with badges, colored ribbons and/or feathers specific to their branches.
The United States Army and its soldiers also officially and unofficially accepted the Slovak CAP at different times. In 1972, the Female Army of the United States drills sergons and instructors of the United States Air Force training, they were allowed to carry the caps of the sluch. He wore this style of the hat without permissioning some soldiers who fought during the Second World War at the Chinese Barma India Theater. During Vietnam War, many US soldiers eliminated the standard edition of the field in favor of Slovak Caps at the local level because it better protected from the sun.
In addition to official military staff, the hat was also worn by Indian state police and Irish DobrovOlníky. In India, the caps of the specific color of the police unit and the number of an individual police officer on its edge that appear. In Ireland, the Slovak cap has become the subject of the Irish Republican song called "Broad Black Brimmer" about a man who died in the Irish Republican army and leaves his son behind.