Scally Cap

Guess from the photo below where this cap came from.

A gift from my mother as visited Ireland

In Ireland, flat caps go by many names such as Duckbill Hat, Paddy Cap, Pub Cap, Tweed cap, Cabbie cap and probably many more 

This one obviously for the tourist market is still a genuinely good quality hat

 Sporting a shamrock the symbol of Ireland or at least its patron saint, Patrick.

Green Kepi

This Kepi came out of the £5 box of a trader trying to get shut of old stock

Green Kepi like the blue seems to have been used by the Union army in the American Civil War.

 My quick bit of research says green was associated with units of sharpshooters or foragers.

Looking at photos online its seems to be a reasonable reproduction of the original caps.

300 Plus

Hi just realised I've posted over 300 times on this blog

And almost all of them a different head covering of some kind.

Fez like

This tapering hat is very fez like in shape, but lacks the tassel on top and is actually too tall,

however I suppose you might still call a fez.

A hat for use in War of the Roses medieval reenactment the shape can be seen in many contemporary illustrations.

I can't remember where I got this, as it was over 15 years ago but would have been a reenactors market no doubt.

Worn a couple of times, but never found a costume that it went with so ended up not being used much.