Military headgear

Hawaii Army National Guard and Army Reserves soldiers with combat helmets

Swiss Guard with Morion

Military headgear is an important headgear of a uniform , it is worn by soldiers of all armed forces . These have very different shapes and consist of textile or metallic material, rarely also of fur . The headgear is also different depending on the armed forces , even within an organizational unit they are designed differently. Members of a military unit, however, are always dressed in the same way.

The headgear ordered depends in particular on the type of operation and the climate. The sense and purpose is the uniform (originally with the purpose of showing the country for which a troop is fighting) and / or protection from fragments and projectiles ( protective clothing ).

today

Common today are

• Combat helmet (sometimes called steel helmet ), it is usually worn when marching and in combat .
• Peaked cap for formal occasions
• cap
• Field cap
• Mountain cap
• Boat
• Beret , in many armed forces in the respective weapon color with various ways of carrying
• Fur hat as a winter hat
• Konfederatka
• Baseball cap instead of the traditional umbrella and field caps
• culture-specific headgear such as fur hats, turbans or felt hats

Badges are very often attached to it, e.g. B. for identifying the service level or the branch of service .

history

Albert I in grenadier uniform.

Badische Pickelhaube

The history of military headgear is documented well before antiquity , with helmets being the most important. At times the headgear was subject to the protective function of the respective fashion, even ignoring the protective function. In addition to iron helmets, the following headgear was and is of particular importance in the military:

• beret
• Tricorn
• Casket
• Grenadier cap
• Kolpak
• shako
• Caterpillar helmet
• Chapka
• Konfederatka
• Pickelhaube
• Morion
• Boat
• Field cap
• Mountain cap
• Shaft cap

References

See also

• Uniform (Bundeswehr)

Web links

Commons : Helmets and Military Headgear  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Soldier language . Retrieved April 16, 2010.

literature

• Reiner Herrmann: Military headgear from the imperial era . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 978-3613020177
• Walter Wannenwetsch and Joachim Hilsenbeck: The military headgear with the police, fire brigade and control station 1869-1919 . 128 pages, 169 color illustrations, 84 photos, Steinach-Verlag, Reutlingen 1993, ISBN 978-3929652000