Prince Heinrich cap
The Prinz-Heinrich-Mütze is a peaked cap that is named after the Imperial German Grand Admiral Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862–1929), the younger brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II . The Prince Heinrich hat goes back to the hat of the Imperial Yacht Club , which in turn was based on the uniform hat of the Imperial Navy.
The body of the hat used to be made of pure wool , today it is often replaced by synthetic fibers; Cord has also been a common material since the 1950s. The cap bar mostly decorated oak leaves - embroidery and a braided or twisted hats cord . The colors of the hats usually range between dark blue and gray to black. Other basic colors, such as brown and green, are produced less often. Features of the Prinz-Heinrich-Mütze, which it differs from other similar hats like u. a. the Schiffer caps differ, in particular, their high web and the rigid, relatively little cap lid. Its diameter is only slightly larger than that of the web and roughly the same size on all sides.
Others
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt made the hat popular in Germany because he also wore a Hanseatic hat, which, because of its similar shape, was often confused with the "Prince Heinrich hat" and referred to as such.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City Museum is looking for the model of the legendary Prince Heinrich hat from May 10, 2013, accessed June 13, 2013
- ^ Website of the Hamburg hat maker Eisenberg . Retrieved April 15, 2015.