Protection troop hat
The Schutztruppenhut was the headgear of the former German " Schutztruppe " and the German soldiers in German New Guinea and German Samoa . It was a field gray or khaki floppy hat made of felt, with the brim buttoned up on the right side.
German South West Africa
When the Schutztruppe for German South West Africa was founded in 1891, special uniforms were created which, among other things , were intended to underline the special position of the Schutztruppe as an independent part of the Reichsheer . The uniforms corresponded to the cut of the Prussian Army , but were given the basic color field gray or khaki for the tropics. This is how the hats got this color. The hat was also known here as the southwest, southwest hat or southwest hat .
The hat was the official headgear of the German scouts in Namibia until 2001 .
Other German protected areas
The edge of the hat and the cap ribbon were in the color of the respective protection force. This was in
- German East Africa knows
- Cameroon ponceau red ,
- German South West Africa cornflower blue,
- Togo yellow,
- German New Guinea green,
- German Samoa light pink.
In addition, a cockade in black, white and red was worn on the folded-up brim. Today the more developed bush hat or " boonie " is worn in the Bundeswehr .
See also
literature
- The German colonial legislation: collection of the laws, ordinances, decrees and international agreements relating to the German protected areas with notes and subject index , Volume 11, Verlag ES Mittler, 1908, pp. 381, 383
- Otto Basler (Ed.): The Great Duden - Picture Dictionary of the German Language, Bibliographisches Institut AG., 1938, p. 380
