"White hats?" Topic
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| mwindsorfw | 16 Jun 2016 7:41 p.m. PST |
In some shows, I see French infantry wearing tall black hats, but sometimes they look they are wearing tall white hats. I can't find much about white hats. Can anyone enlighten me? |
| 21eRegt | 16 Jun 2016 7:52 p.m. PST |
It is probably the shako (headgear) cover. Some nations water-proofed theirs and they appear black also. But the French typically left it in a natural color. |
 Artilleryman  | 16 Jun 2016 10:43 p.m. PST |
Also they would sometimes actually have shako covers in white in the hot climate of Spain and Italy. |
| mwindsorfw | 17 Jun 2016 6:12 a.m. PST |
Thanks. Once I learned the terminology, I could pictures it online, and that's what I was asking about. |
| 138SquadronRAF | 17 Jun 2016 7:08 a.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
